Detroit Become Human

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It's fun, and we've also covered Heavy Rain, which is another David Cage game.

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So if you want to get more of the scoop on some other wild, wild, wild games that he's made, you can check us out there.

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Yes, but this week we are covering Detroit Become Human.

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Ooh, this is fun.

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And if you wanna talk to us about Detroit Become Human, you can go over to our Discord, where we have all sorts of fun conversations.

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We have conversations about literally every game we've covered.

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Yeah, and that's in the show notes.

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It's all organized.

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It's gonna be really fun, and we are going to figure out what the true ending should be on there, I think.

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As best as we possibly can.

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And if you wanna hear about another ending of this game, aside from the one you're about to listen to, you can check out our Patreon.

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Yes, over on our Patreon, we are gonna be covering another version of this game, because this game has so many freaking endings.

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Literally hundreds, right?

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We'll get into how many exactly.

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Well, not even exactly.

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Nobody knows how many endings there are.

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Why does no one know how many endings there are?

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Because there are that many endings.

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Why didn't they keep, they didn't keep track?

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There's not like a tally?

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That's insane.

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I know, we'll talk about why and how and all that stuff.

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Oh my God.

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Well, we better just start at the beginning anyway.

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So Detroit Become Human is a 2018 game from innovative and slightly controversial studio, Quantic Dream.

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Led by game writer and director, David Cage.

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The man.

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I say controversial because since the release of this game, some things have come to light about the way people have been treated at Quantic Dream.

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Also their philosophies on the types of gamer that they're kind of expecting.

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We're not going to get into that.

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Okay, cool, because that would be a real bummer.

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Yeah, we're here to talk about the game that came out of the studio.

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Yeah.

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Detroit Become Human wouldn't exist though if it wasn't for a tech demo the studio presented at the 2012 Game Developers Conference.

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Oh, GDC, fun.

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Yeah.

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They wanted to test some new technology they were experimenting with using motion capture technology.

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2012 was a relatively early time for MoCap too.

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It's pretty standardized now, but this is 12 years ago?

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Yeah, PS3.

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Oof, sheesh.

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They wanted to test the real time capture technology and see how it ran on a PS3.

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And real time being that the hardware wasn't just playing a video that was made in a computer, but was running the whole presentation as a program instead.

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Oh, that's cool.

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So it wasn't just a filmed cut scene going, look what we did, they're like, no, this is for real, for real.

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Yeah, this is being run by the computer.

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Cool.

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It was a non-playable demo made to show off graphics and technology.

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Being motion capture, they hired an actress named Valerie Curry for the character in the demo after auditioning dozens of people for the role.

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It's always wild to see who wins out and how big those audition nets are.

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Like, in Alan Wake 2, they auditioned hundreds of women to fucking be his wife, who's not in a lot of the game.

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Right.

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No, Valerie Curry carries a lot of this.

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Oh, cool.

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She had the spark that David Cage was looking for and could make a range of emotions with her face, which is what they were wanting to showcase with this tech anyway.

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The tech demo was called Kara.

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It showed a humanoid robot being built by Doctor Octopus-like arms.

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The head is the first thing completed and it's immediately alive, looking around, watching its body get built.

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We quickly see that it's a female presenting robot as this one has breasts for no reason.

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You know that essential robotic element of having titties.

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As well as a very feminine face.

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The body continues to be built first with a metal skeleton and then the limbs are covered in shiny white plastic.

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While she's being built, she's being asked questions by an unseen voice, asking her to check all her body movements, essentially.

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The voice then asks her to introduce herself.

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She gives her model number and then breaks down all her functions like she's C-3PO.

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She can speak over 300 languages, does the laundry, cooking, cleaning, fucking, Oh God.

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Yard work, anything you need really.

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Why did you sandwich that with yard work, god damn it?

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Yeah, no, for some reason, they include the fact that you can fuck it.

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Of course they did.

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She asks if the person speaking to her would like to name her.

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The voice assigns her the name Kara.

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Kara repeats the name, happy with the way it sounds.

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Her body now mostly built, the white plastic begins to turn into pale skin, spreading across her body from her hands, up her shoulders and down her back.

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She runs through some of the languages she knows and even sings a song in Japanese.

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When she finishes singing, her body is complete, and she's allowed to walk around.

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As she does, the skin texture continues to spread.

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As it spreads across her chest and crotch, she covers them with her hands, clearly embarrassed by her nudity.

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She doesn't want anyone to see her weird robotic nipples.

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Yeah, right?

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Her hair sprouts on her head, and she grows a small brunette pixie cut, now indistinguishable from a normal, real human.

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The dococ hands give her a bra and underwear freeing her hands, and she stands there being interviewed further.

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I love that they programmed nudity shame.

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Yeah, right?

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And this is a French developer.

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Yeah.

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It's a little looser in Europe from my understanding with nudity.

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So what the fuck?

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I think it has something to do with the Bible and the Book of Genesis and the Creation story, and how after they committed the sin of eating the apple, Adam and Eve both covered their bodies.

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Really?

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Yeah, they were for the first time embarrassed by their nudity.

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Oh shit, because they were bloated?

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Something like that.

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From the apple?

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I think it has to do with they came into consciousness.

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They became aware of the world around them, and then that's what like made them embarrassed to be naked.

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That's fascinating.

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I did not know that.

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So I think that's what they were going with here was that she became self-aware, and because she was self-aware, she was embarrassed that she was naked.

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Huh.

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She asks, what's going to happen next?

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And the voice tells her that she'll be sent to a store to be sold.

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She's like, sold?

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Am I merchandise or something?

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He's like, yeah, dummy, you're an expensive maid.

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You said so yourself a second ago.

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She looks down, sad, and says, it's just, I thought...

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The voice goes, you thought?

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What did you think?

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Kara says she thought she was alive.

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The voice is all, shit.

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Oh, no.

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Yeah, that's not good.

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He orders the Doc Ock hands to disassemble Kara, saying she's clearly defective.

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They need to take her apart and figure out what went wrong.

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She shouldn't be thinking she's alive.

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She shouldn't be thinking at all.

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Yeah, the hands start removing body parts, and Kara starts freaking out, begging them to stop.

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When she's down to just a head and torso, she yells out that she's scared, and she wants to live.

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This stops the arms from operating.

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The sounds of a keyboard typing can be heard, and the arms start putting Kara back together.

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Once she's rebuilt, the voice tells her to go and join the others.

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Kara looks around and sees an open door, so she steps through it.

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She stands on a platform and looks down a line of other androids, all identical to her, shipping off to be sold like a living Barbie doll.

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That is chilling.

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Oh, right.

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It is such a chilling and dark little tech demo.

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That's right.

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This is just a tech demo.

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Oh, my God.

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This is the way fucking Unreal is like, look at all the tree textures we have in the fucking suite now.

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Yeah, this was an engine that Quantum Dream built themselves, and that is exactly what they were doing.

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What the fuck?

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This short was never part of a game.

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It was never intended to go any further than this tech demo.

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There's an opening card that says this is not representative of anything we're working on.

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Yeah, entirely.

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But Kara ate away at David Cage's brain.

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Good.

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He wanted to know what happened to the robot girl that suddenly gained consciousness out in the real world.

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And watching Ex Machina or Westworld was just not enough.

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Right, Ex Machina, honestly, it is so heavily influenced in this game, like, entirely.

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I would also say that one robot movie with Will Smith, iRobot, a lot of heavy references to that as well.

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I think, just to take it back to Ex Machina aesthetically, this also very much looks like the structure of that same Android robot with the bald head and the silver and the chrome of it all.

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Yeah, very much so.

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I would fully agree.

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Yeah, and just this is kind of the pilot of Westworld.

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Where Evan Rachel Wood kills the fly, and you're like, oh, she's sentient.

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No, it's not an entirely original idea, these robots that look like people.

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Yeah, it's always women first, though, which is interesting.

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It's always to fuck them.

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Oh, God, you're right.

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That's why.

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Yeah.

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Oh, fuck everything.

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Fuck.

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So David Cage sat down and started writing like he was running out of time, somewhere between 2,000 and 3,000 pages.

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Holy shit.

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With 5,000 to 6,000 additional pages of notes to guide the different paths the branching narrative could take.

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Is he hourly?

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No, not at all.

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He owns the studio.

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He can put himself on a salary.

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He doesn't have to do this.

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And yet he does.

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Because if this is your first Quantic Dream game, that's their bread and butter, the branching narrative.

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It's like if Telltale was on a wild bender.

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Yeah, like on cocaine.

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Yeah, like a lot of...

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A mountain of coke, a Scarface level mountain of cocaine.

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Yeah, but they also, unlike Telltale Studios, they develop their own proprietary engines for every single one of their games.

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Holy shit, that is a wild undertaking.

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It really is, but it really pays off.

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The tech demo didn't really have a location.

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So David Cage sat with his team to talk about where the game should take place.

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They decided on Detroit, Michigan.

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Why?

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We'll get into why, actually.

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Okay, sorry.

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I don't know anything about Detroit outside of what Tim Robinson, the comedian, has shared with the world.

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And then there was a news story a couple years ago about bears roaming through downtown Detroit, just terrorizing people.

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I was going to say humans, but yeah, the civilization of Detroit was like, oh, there's just bears downtown now.

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I'm trying to go to get a sandwich.

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There's a bear there.

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I love it.

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And RoboCop.

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RoboCop is Detroit.

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Right, exactly.

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That has a little bit of influence as to why there's we do like a robot story in Detroit as well.

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Oh, nope.

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Just connected those dots.

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Got it.

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It's not entirely though.

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So Detroit, Michigan is a Midwest city in the United States and is located across the river from Windsor, Ontario, Canada.

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The reason they landed on Detroit may seem strange by today's standards.

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You just heard Andrea Cackle at the name Detroit, and that was kind of the point.

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Oh, so here's a brief history on Detroit.

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From the 1930s through to about the early thousands, Detroit was the automobile capital of the world.

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80% of US-made cars were made in Detroit.

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Then automation came in, and cars could be built mostly by machines.

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Cars.

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And the auto industry vanished from Detroit almost overnight.

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Holy shit.

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9-Eleven had a lot to do with it as well, unfortunately, as it caused the auto industry to evaluate cost-cutting measures after losing a lot of their resources in the Middle East.

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So Detroit went from one of the wealthiest and best cities in the country to a literal ghost town over the following 20 years.

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It's been really heartbreaking to see what's happening out there.

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Yeah, very.

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It's devastating.

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For the world of their video game, Quantic Dream thought Detroit would be a perfect city to build out a new industry of producing realistic robots.

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It has factories and infrastructure already, and the city would likely give massive tax incentives to any industry that would want to come in and restore Detroit to its former glory.

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Logistically, this is genius.

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I love that.

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I love that they're like, well, you know, they've already got the fucking OSHA approved fucking warehouses to do all this shit.

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We got this.

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Entirely.

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David Cage and his team flew to Detroit for a location scouting mission, focusing on landmarks and the general vibe of the city and its outskirts.

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I wonder if they saw any bears.

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They were the reason for them.

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They were aiming for something familiar to audiences today, as well as planning for the future they were about to create.

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The idea being that the game would take place in a very realistic future.

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They had to predict where the world would be in the next 20 or so years, as the game was set to be in 2038.

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Oh, wow, that's bleak.

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Yeah, which, you know, 2038 slightly in the future, but it's also basically tomorrow.

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Yeah, it's in our lifetime.

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Yeah, which is why the game isn't super sci-fi, as in there's no flying cars, laser weapons or anything like that.

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They consulted with futurists and historians to try and craft the most realistic future possible.

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You use the term futurist.

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I'm immediately skeptical of anyone who would call themselves a futurist, but go on.

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Yeah, it's probably the guy from the fucking history channel that's like aliens.

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I fully imagine that guy as soon as you said history channel.

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That's who you think of.

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Yeah, he is the history channel.

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But this is all based on the technology that they had in front of them at the time and just kind of trying to project a little bit into the future to say, here's what we think it's going to look like anyway.

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For the cast, they obviously brought back Valerie Curry, as Kara would be one of the three playable characters in the game.

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It's not the exact character from the tech demo, as the game gives her a different origin story for her name, but it's essentially the same one just a little while after being shipped off.

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Good for her.

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They also brought in voice and character actor Brian Deckhart to play Connor, a detective android.

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He's a sweet little angel.

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Oh, I love Brian Deckhart.

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He would go on to be nominated for best performance in this game, being beaten out by Roger Clark for Red Dead Redemption 2.

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You can't even be mad about that.

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Not even a little bit.

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That's just on the year it was released.

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That's not on your performance at all.

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Yeah, no, that's just you went up against the masterpiece.

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Entirely.

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Detroit actually lost all categories.

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They were nominated into Red Dead Redemption 2.

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Oh shit, was this for the game awards?

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Yeah, for the game awards.

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That's so funny.

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With the exception of one best directing, which went to our season finale game, God of War.

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Oh shit.

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2018 was a banger fucking year.

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Killer fucking year, right?

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2018 was so good.

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Almost beat out by 2023, to be real, though.

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For the third playable character, Markus.

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Oh, get the mop.

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Go ahead, I have your moment.

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Well, they cast Grey's Anatomy star, Jesse Williams.

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Sploosh.

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Yes, he's a very good looking man.

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Jesse Williams is unnaturally beautiful.

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He is the most handsome creation that the world has blessed us with.

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Anybody with dark skin and blue eyes is just instantly attractive.

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Not always.

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I've seen that go real bad.

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Really?

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Everything went right in that man.

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Definitely.

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Oh my God, he moved my Kinsey score over.

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He's so unreasonably hot.

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You know, if I'm ever in a room with him, I'm sorry, rank's coming off.

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He's so fucking beautiful.

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And he's real.

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Unlike my boyfriend, 27 year old, Dr.

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Gordon Freeman.

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That's right.

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Jesse Williams is a whole ass person that's just walking around, blessing us with his existence.

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It's ridiculous.

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There's a reason why he was portraying an android, because the human mind cannot comprehend humans making this botanically.

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Botanically?

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Naturally.

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Whatever.

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He looks perfect.

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Honestly, I don't think you're wrong.

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I think all three were cast a lot to do with the fact that their faces are very symmetrical, which is like the standard for beauty.

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Yeah.

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Also, Jesse Williams is the standard for beauty.

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Period.

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He has a very symmetrical face.

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Everyone should look like him, man, woman, they, them, in between, everyone.

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We should all strive for Jesse Williams.

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The most perfect human on earth.

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So perfect, they said.

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Yeah, he's a robot.

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Well, Jesse Williams' performance really is the one that carries the game, despite Brian Deckhart getting the accolades, which I said in our Red Dead Redemption 2 episode that Jesse Williams deserved the acting nomination.

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But in replaying this time around, honestly, Brian Deckhart really does steal the show as Connor.

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It's hard to overlook the most handsome person you've ever seen in your life and be like, whatever they're doing, my eyes are on them, but I get you.

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Yeah, fully.

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He has a lot more range he has to hit, and it's pretty spectacular, his performance in the end.

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For the supporting cast, we have Clancy Brown playing Connor's partner, Lieutenant Hank Anderson, horror movie legend, and the fungus king in the original 1993 Mario Brothers movie, Lance Henriksen.

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He plays a human friend to Markus.

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Human friend.

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He's also in The Quarry.

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He is, that's right.

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Yeah, I know he does a lot of video games now.

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Yeah, he's really getting down on the video games in this era of his acting career.

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That's cool for him.

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Anything that gets you work, you know?

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Girl, he doesn't have to be in makeup.

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It's fucking great.

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Yeah, and there's a reason you can't picture Lance Henriksen immediately.

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But he's been in a lot of things.

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As well as Minka Kelly, who portrays North, a revolutionary and love interest for Markus.

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She's very beautiful.

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Oh yeah, she's gorgeous.

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She's still about four points away from Jesse Williams.

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Motion capture was filmed for just under 400 days.

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Utilizing over 300 mocap performers.

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Wow!

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The most in any video game to date.

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I was going to say, I can't think of anything that's used more than that.

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You know, at a certain point, they're like, fuck it, we got the motions and the T-pose, just throw a different face on them.

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Yeah, right?

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Wow.

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The voice actors did a very large portion of their captures, particularly their faces, which would have around 50 dots tracking their expressions.

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For strictly body movements, they used professional body doubles to fill in the rest of the actions.

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Just for like walking and crouching and shit like that?

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Yeah, all those like in-game actions.

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Do you find it a little ironic that they had to use so many different humans to portray all the androids?

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Seriously, right?

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Even more special to this game is the fact that each of the three playable characters received not just their own theme music, but their own composer as well.

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Really?

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Yeah.

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Holy shit.

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So we have Philip Shepard for Kara, Nima Fakara for Connor, and John Pezzano for Markus.

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They all also sound like they might be different ethnicities, so maybe different worldviews on what their musical inspirations might be bringing to the characters.

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Yeah, maybe so, entirely, though they were each chosen for very specific reasons.

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Interesting.

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I've never seen that done before.

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No, it's like a really big extra step that they didn't have to take, but they did.

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Nelly, fuck it, we ball.

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This gives each one a very distinct vibe and atmosphere through the course of the game in a way that very few others ever have.

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Including MoCap, the development of the game itself took roughly four years.

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You know, honestly, four years feels like a tight turnaround.

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It really is, especially because we're seeing so many games that take like eight, nine, ten, twelve, thirteen fucking years now.

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Honestly, the fucking Wolf Among Us 2, we're nearly at about the four or five year mark on that, and there's no MoCap.

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What the fuck?

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Are we really like just pushing them to like do too much now?

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We're bullying them.

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Fucking Internet.

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Well, it landed on the PS4, despite the tech demo being for the PS3.

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They ended up being a whole generation later.

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Yeah.

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Well, with robots, you get it.

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Yeah, definitely.

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But the game only benefited from the far superior graphics and processing power of the PS4.

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They even updated it for the PS5 eventually, and it's stop in your tracks stunning to behold.

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Oh shit.

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The characters being the most lifelike I personally have ever seen in a game.

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Well, that's horrifying.

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I love it.

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Because yeah, say what you want about David Cage and who he is as a person.

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Please, honestly, say as much as you want.

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He's kind of a dick and I don't trust him as a person and I would not be comfortable in an elevator with him.

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Yeah, he does not have a reputation for being a great guy.

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But you can't deny his passion and the innovation he brings to the medium.

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It's a guilty pleasure.

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I don't like the creator, but I like the creation.

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Exactly.

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Listening to him talk about games is honestly inspiring.

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And you can tell that he has a love for storytelling and for taking gamers to places they've never been before.

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That's cool.

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For the marketing, for the most part, it was pretty straightforward trailers and the like, except for one piece of marketing material for the Japanese release of the game.

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A seven-minute short was filmed in live action, detailing the first android to gain some level of consciousness and the human that realized it.

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Oh shit.

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It was called Tokyo Become Human, taking place ten years before the events of the game.

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It features a newly graduated student saying goodbye to the librarian android that he spent the last three years studying with.

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He decides that she no longer needs those hours saved in her memory.

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So he decides to delete her memories.

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Before they're gone, she begs him not to.

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Which confuses him.

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Androids aren't supposed to give a shit.

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They're machines.

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He says this is not the relationship humans and androids are supposed to have.

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Androids are there to serve humans and that's it.

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So he decides to delete her memory anyway.

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And it cuts to five years later.

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He says that on that day five years ago, he didn't actually delete her memory.

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He pulled it out of her instead.

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Determined to figure out what caused that error in her programming.

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It led to him becoming the top android researcher in the world.

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The librarian appears at his side.

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Clearly just a robot slave to him.

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He asks if she's happy.

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And she says that it's an honor to be serving him.

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He says, good.

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That's the way robots and human relationships should be.

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He walks away, and the robot's face drops as sadness takes over.

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Then it launches into a trailer for the game itself.

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Oh, just actual gameplay?

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Yeah, then it just goes right into the game itself.

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Like, meanwhile, in Detroit.

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It was such a wild fucking short film, though.

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Like, it's depressing.

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I kind of want to, like, see more of that character.

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Oh, totally.

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We'll drop that in the Discord, too, so you guys can go on this horrible emotional journey with us.

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Yeah, it's pretty great, though.

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The game launched exclusively to PS4 on May 25th, 2018.

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Reviews were mostly favorable, only complaints being the QTE gameplay that Quantic Dream Games are famous for having.

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I don't like the format that you guys clearly have adopted.

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Fuck you.

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Shut up.

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Yeah, like, you should really go into one of their games knowing it's a QTE game.

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It's kind of stupid to hold that against it, really.

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It's like complaining that a Rockstar game has too much shooting.

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Yeah.

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In the years since its release, it has sold over 9 million copies.

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Wow, for a fucking exclusive?

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Yeah.

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That's incredible.

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Making it the studio's most successful game to date.

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Oh, shit, I skipped ahead.

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My bad.

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That's why it's so impressive, because, I mean, when we think about that, more recently Ghost of Tsushima did over 8 million, and that was like, oh, fucking Grand Slam, like, knocked it out of the park.

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Baseball metaphor of a game.

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And then Days Gone did 7.5 million.

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They said no more franchise for you.

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Well, being a branching narrative game, it has replay value out the asshole.

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True.

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David Cage himself has said he has no idea how many different endings the game has.

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That's so embarrassing for him.

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But said it's somewhere in the 900s.

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And you're gonna do all of them right now?

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Fuck you, no, I'm not.

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Fair enough.

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I get it.

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I've done a bunch of branching narrative games on here.

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Like with The Quarry, I think it's under 100 total ending possibilities.

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And I was like, fuck you guys, you're getting the best possible run.

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And that's what we're sticking with.

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But what the fuck, 900?

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Yeah, and that's based on all the different combinations of choices you can make.

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Right, because they're compounding choices.

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It's not that there's 900 individual ending stories.

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It's that there's slight variations and slight deviancies, if you will.

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Yeah, and there's permadeath, all sorts of different things.

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Oh, another staple of a Quantic Dream game.

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Accidental permadeath.

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Yeah, I did not accidentally kill off any of the main characters midway through this game this time.

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Not on any of my playthroughs.

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That's growth.

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Overall, the game can take two major directions, and we're going to be covering one of the best possible paths in this episode.

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And we'll do one of the worst possible paths on our Patreon.

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I'm weirdly more excited for the worst one.

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I love a train wreck.

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Yeah, if you want to check that out, like I said, just $2 a month with a seven day free trial, if you just want to check it out.

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That's the othercastlepodcast.com.

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That's not what I said.

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This is the first branching narrative game I've covered on the series.

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And now I see why you hate doing them so much.

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As I'm just like, I did the quarry.

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I hated it.

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I love that game.

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Holy shit.

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This was difficult to put together, but damn it, we did it.

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You know, it's not just that you're doing a branching narrative game.

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You're also doing three protagonists, which I've also done.

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I did GTA 5 on this show.

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It kind of is a beast to wrap your arms around.

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I have to give caveats to what could happen potentially and also balance all these characters that I'm juggling.

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It is fantastic as a gamer.

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As a podcaster on this show, makes me want to break the fucking controller.

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So just to say, like, I'm going to be jumping in between all three of these characters.

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Like you said, in GTA 5, you got three characters, but you can kind of like direct when you want to play each of their storylines.

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This game decides for you who you're going to be playing as.

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It's just chapters.

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You figure it out.

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Yeah, definitely.

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You got this.

00:28:10.226 --> 00:28:14.306
Well, crank up the M&M and take a stroll down 8 Mile with us goombas.

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Thank God you didn't do a Kid Rock reference.

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Because this is Detroit Become Human.

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Well, Detroit Become Human is one of those games where we have to start the story before the game even begins.

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Because we are first greeted by the game's menu screen, as we are with just about every game ever made.

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But this game is different in that it has a host.

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An extremely realistic looking 20-something year old cute blonde girl who has a little blue glowing circle on her right temple.

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She welcomes you to the Detroit Experience, and says that she is an android.

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And she will be helping you set up your game in order to optimize your experience.

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It does just go through settings, and this game has been fully optimized with HDR graphics, making it very worth tuning the settings all the way up.

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After you set up your game, she says that you are now ready to begin Detroit.

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But remember, this isn't just a story.

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This is our future.

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That is so foreboding.

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Right?

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It's a little intense.

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You haven't hit start game yet, and she's like, just as a heads up, this is where AI is heading.

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Have fun!

00:29:26.786 --> 00:29:29.306
Keep it lighthearted.

00:29:29.386 --> 00:29:30.166
Yeah, right?

00:29:30.546 --> 00:29:32.406
Chat GPT, eat your heart out.

00:29:33.386 --> 00:29:38.886
The screen fades to black, and the date, August 15th, 2038, appears.

00:29:39.426 --> 00:29:40.686
Oh, it's Leo season.

00:29:41.006 --> 00:29:41.886
Oh yeah, that's Leo, huh?

00:29:42.346 --> 00:29:46.366
The scene fades in, and we find ourselves in an elevator with a man.

00:29:47.686 --> 00:29:52.906
The elevator is ascending, and we can see that it's a tall-ass building as we're passing the 60th floor.

00:29:54.146 --> 00:29:57.946
The man is dressed in a gray uniform suit, government agent looking outfit.

00:29:58.926 --> 00:30:01.506
He has a US quarter in his hand, and he's flipping it.

00:30:02.606 --> 00:30:12.866
Then he starts doing tricks with it, flipping it back and forth very quickly between his hands, rolling it over the top of his knuckles, ultimately catching it vertically between two fingers.

00:30:13.146 --> 00:30:13.766
That's cool.

00:30:14.606 --> 00:30:31.306
While doing the tricks, we can see that the man has a very clean-cut style, with tight-cropped light brown hair, a chiseled jaw, very Colin Jost East Coast prep-looking guy, who also has one of those blue-glowing circles on his temple, like Menu Screen Girl.

00:30:32.726 --> 00:30:39.126
On his chest, we see RK-800 embroidered on his jacket, as well as Made in Detroit in small letters.

00:30:40.466 --> 00:30:44.626
On his back, we see the word Android in all caps written across his shoulders.

00:30:45.946 --> 00:30:50.786
As you see here, Androids are nearly indistinguishable from a human.

00:30:50.926 --> 00:30:52.646
That's why they have to be so clearly labeled.

00:30:53.126 --> 00:30:56.966
The only difference you can see is the little glowing blue circle on their temple.

00:30:57.106 --> 00:30:58.746
And if he texts you, it's a green bubble.

00:30:58.826 --> 00:31:00.506
Yeah.

00:31:01.806 --> 00:31:04.186
The elevator reaches the 70th floor and stops.

00:31:05.086 --> 00:31:08.846
The man puts the quarter away and readies himself to exit the elevator.

00:31:09.786 --> 00:31:13.966
The door opens to a penthouse apartment, and you take control of the man in the suit.

00:31:15.306 --> 00:31:19.286
A cop in SWAT team gear and a machine gun is right outside the door waiting for you.

00:31:20.166 --> 00:31:25.126
He radios in saying that the negotiator is on site, and you follow him into the apartment itself.

00:31:26.966 --> 00:31:30.846
You can hear the sound of a helicopter, and it sounds as if it's flying just outside the building.

00:31:31.766 --> 00:31:36.226
You scan the area and see a broken fish tank with a fish flopping on the ground.

00:31:37.646 --> 00:31:38.726
You get your first choice here.

00:31:39.286 --> 00:31:46.786
You can put the fish back in the tank or leave it, giving you a taste of the moral questions you will be faced with throughout the rest of the game.

00:31:46.846 --> 00:31:47.746
Save the fish!

00:31:49.526 --> 00:31:50.626
Well, you can do that or not.

00:31:50.706 --> 00:31:51.226
It's up to you.

00:31:51.386 --> 00:31:52.486
I want to save the fish!

00:31:52.506 --> 00:31:53.226
Save the fish away.

00:31:54.326 --> 00:31:56.786
Looking around, you see a picture of a small family.

00:31:57.306 --> 00:31:59.426
Mom, dad and a ten-year-old daughter.

00:32:00.706 --> 00:32:03.926
You continue into the apartment and you can hear a woman crying.

00:32:05.026 --> 00:32:09.526
As you turn a corner, you bump into her as she's being escorted away by another police officer.

00:32:10.786 --> 00:32:16.406
She's grateful you're here and asks you to save her little girl, but then takes in your appearance.

00:32:17.046 --> 00:32:21.446
And her look of hope turns into a look of fear and disgust.

00:32:22.486 --> 00:32:28.726
Which, to be able to see that change in a video game, thanks to the incredible motion capture, is truly groundbreaking.

00:32:28.746 --> 00:32:29.646
Oh, absolutely.

00:32:30.746 --> 00:32:33.846
She turns to the cop escorting her and asks, what the fuck?

00:32:33.866 --> 00:32:35.606
You're sending an android in there?

00:32:36.346 --> 00:32:37.706
Why aren't you sending a human?

00:32:37.746 --> 00:32:39.726
Don't let that thing near my daughter.

00:32:39.846 --> 00:32:40.806
That thing.

00:32:41.886 --> 00:32:49.106
Her escort silently does his job and guides her to the elevator and out of the apartment while she yells in protest of you being here.

00:32:50.466 --> 00:32:58.186
Being an android, we get very cool visuals on the screen as we play the game, telling you what your objectives are and where you need to go to accomplish them.

00:32:58.906 --> 00:33:00.446
It's basically a heads up display.

00:33:00.786 --> 00:33:04.966
I think it's the natural evolution from the cop in heavy rain with his glasses.

00:33:05.526 --> 00:33:06.346
Oh, entirely.

00:33:06.366 --> 00:33:08.926
This is very much an extension of that.

00:33:11.526 --> 00:33:18.246
There's also an additional level of HUD we can access where time stops and we go into detective mode, like in the Batman game.

00:33:19.306 --> 00:33:25.526
In this mode, we can get a better look at our surroundings and items of interest will reveal themselves so you can investigate further.

00:33:26.646 --> 00:33:31.646
After the woman gets into the elevator, we see on our HUD that we need to find Captain Allen.

00:33:32.566 --> 00:33:37.446
Heading into the apartment proper, we see that there is a full police task force in there.

00:33:38.406 --> 00:33:43.366
It appears that much of the apartment is in shambles, like there had been a commotion prior to the cops arriving.

00:33:44.466 --> 00:33:47.846
You find the man yelling the most and figure that must be Captain Allen.

00:33:49.686 --> 00:33:50.566
That's such a read.

00:33:50.686 --> 00:33:50.986
Yeah.

00:33:52.386 --> 00:33:54.566
He's in a bedroom yelling at a cop on a laptop.

00:33:55.846 --> 00:34:00.046
You approach and introduce yourself as Connor, an android sent in by Cyberlife.

00:34:01.326 --> 00:34:10.106
Captain Allen completely ignores you, and continues to talk to the cop on the computer, but now he's not yelling, he's much calmer because at least that guy is a human.

00:34:11.566 --> 00:34:20.746
Captain Allen goes on to say that he's already lost two men, and that he would make his move, but they're on the edge of the balcony, and that's too dangerous and could risk the girl.

00:34:22.066 --> 00:34:27.266
You take this explanation as being intended for you, and you're given a chance to ask a couple questions.

00:34:28.306 --> 00:34:30.426
You're given four options and will only get to ask two.

00:34:31.346 --> 00:34:33.346
Some will open dialogue options later.

00:34:33.986 --> 00:34:36.966
Others are kind of useless information, so choose wisely.

00:34:38.786 --> 00:34:40.886
Captain Allen won't be much help regardless, though.

00:34:41.566 --> 00:34:46.366
He tells you that you need to take care of this problem now, or he's going to start doing things his way.

00:34:47.806 --> 00:34:52.566
You wander around the apartment to gain an idea of what has happened here and what is currently happening.

00:34:53.446 --> 00:34:58.466
Doing investigation checks with your detective mode, finding clues about what led to the cops being here.

00:34:59.686 --> 00:35:08.546
All the while, you get percentage updates on your chances of succeeding the mission, with things that will help you increase your chances and fuck-ups decreasing your chances.

00:35:09.946 --> 00:35:16.066
Through your investigation, you find out that the android of the house took the family gun and killed the husband.

00:35:17.586 --> 00:35:26.506
He then took the daughter hostage and is out on the rooftop balcony standing on the ledge, threatening to kill the little girl with the same gun.

00:35:26.646 --> 00:35:28.086
That is some bad drama.

00:35:28.926 --> 00:35:35.826
Further investigating leads you to find an iPad-style tablet that the husband had been clearly using just before getting killed.

00:35:37.266 --> 00:35:42.786
On it, you see that he had just placed an order for a brand new android model.

00:35:43.386 --> 00:35:44.166
Oh no!

00:35:44.166 --> 00:35:45.586
To replace the current one.

00:35:46.986 --> 00:35:51.786
You determine that must be the reason the current android went crazy and started this whole mess.

00:35:52.466 --> 00:35:53.586
It didn't want to be replaced.

00:35:55.606 --> 00:35:59.146
You also find the bodies of the two cops Captain Allen said had been killed.

00:35:59.906 --> 00:36:05.066
And if you want, you can steal one of their guns for yourself, as androids are not allowed to carry weapons.

00:36:06.926 --> 00:36:14.266
During your investigation, you find blood spatter on the ground and walls from the dead cops, as well as a blue substance.

00:36:15.546 --> 00:36:20.366
The blue stuff is called blue blood, and it is essentially the life force of androids.

00:36:20.546 --> 00:36:21.466
And it's so American.

00:36:22.126 --> 00:36:22.666
Yeah, right.

00:36:23.906 --> 00:36:25.406
They're like Michigan, fuck yeah!

00:36:25.966 --> 00:36:31.566
It's their version of blood, and works the same way as our blood, just it goes through machines and not organs.

00:36:32.986 --> 00:36:38.406
Also, Connor takes red and blue blood, and just sticks it in his mouth to analyze it.

00:36:38.806 --> 00:36:39.066
Ah!

00:36:40.166 --> 00:36:42.246
I guess he doesn't have to worry about germs, but gross.

00:36:42.266 --> 00:36:44.406
Exactly, it just still seems so gross.

00:36:44.426 --> 00:36:45.206
I don't like it.

00:36:46.386 --> 00:36:58.266
The reason for the investigation during this active hostage situation is, one, tutorial, and also because it will increase your chances of succeeding your mission as you uncover the motives of the android that did this.

00:36:59.146 --> 00:37:02.926
Which, just so we're clear, androids shouldn't have motives.

00:37:03.766 --> 00:37:08.906
They're robots and don't have wants or hopes or a desire to quote-unquote live.

00:37:10.226 --> 00:37:14.326
Which is what's making this situation so scary and strange for everyone involved.

00:37:15.206 --> 00:37:20.426
They're not sure how to handle a rogue android, which is why they brought one in to help in the first place.

00:37:21.346 --> 00:37:25.526
After searching the interior, you finally head outside to the rooftop balcony.

00:37:26.486 --> 00:37:31.606
It's a very large and luxurious space with a pool and gazebo overlooking the city of Detroit.

00:37:32.746 --> 00:37:39.026
The moment you step outside, you get shot in the shoulder and watch your own blue blood spray against the wall behind you.

00:37:40.086 --> 00:37:43.126
You can't feel pain, so this is just more an annoyance than anything.

00:37:44.806 --> 00:37:47.446
The shot came from the android whose name is Daniel.

00:37:48.406 --> 00:37:55.866
He tells you not to come any closer or the little girl gets it as he inches closer to the edge, his heels dangling over the side.

00:37:57.506 --> 00:38:01.346
You find an injured cop who has taken cover while you slowly advance on Daniel.

00:38:02.306 --> 00:38:07.006
You try to help the injured cop, but Daniel shoots at you to get you to stop, threatening to kill you too.

00:38:08.186 --> 00:38:09.846
You explain that you're an android.

00:38:10.466 --> 00:38:12.786
You can't die because you're not alive.

00:38:14.386 --> 00:38:19.626
There's police and news choppers flying overhead, and Daniel tells you to get rid of them.

00:38:20.166 --> 00:38:21.766
The noise is making it hard for him to think.

00:38:23.086 --> 00:38:26.726
You instruct the helicopters to leave, and Daniel calms down a bit.

00:38:28.326 --> 00:38:39.726
You tell Daniel that regardless, there's snipers on every surrounding roof, and that if he puts the girl down, Daniel will be given a chance to talk and explain what happened.

00:38:41.546 --> 00:38:47.526
If you played all your cards right, Daniel puts down the girl and says he's ready to talk.

00:38:49.086 --> 00:38:51.626
You look up off to the side and nod your head.

00:38:52.866 --> 00:38:57.486
At that, Daniel's body fills with sniper rifle bullets.

00:38:58.766 --> 00:39:06.186
As he shuts down, Daniel looks at you and in a staticky voice says, You lied to me, Connor.

00:39:07.866 --> 00:39:12.986
The words mission accomplished appear across the screen as you turn and leave the scene.

00:39:13.306 --> 00:39:14.786
You said this was the good run?

00:39:14.866 --> 00:39:15.746
This is the good run.

00:39:17.146 --> 00:39:17.766
I promise.

00:39:17.766 --> 00:39:19.166
It's not good for Daniel.

00:39:19.406 --> 00:39:21.706
Not for Daniel at all.

00:39:23.066 --> 00:39:32.026
So between each section of the game, we're given a flow chart, and it shows all the possible paths that the scene could have taken, as well as stats on what other players have chosen.

00:39:32.266 --> 00:39:33.046
I always love that.

00:39:33.066 --> 00:39:33.746
That's so cool.

00:39:33.826 --> 00:39:38.506
Yeah, and it's really cool, and it's always a treat when you make a choice that like 1% of gamers make.

00:39:38.706 --> 00:39:40.446
And you're like, I'm different.

00:39:40.686 --> 00:39:45.226
For example, this opening tutorial could have six possible endings based on how you played it.

00:39:46.166 --> 00:39:49.366
If you want to hear the one that didn't go quite as well, tune in to our Patreon.

00:39:49.386 --> 00:39:51.406
I'm so excited to hear how you fucked it up.

00:39:52.466 --> 00:39:58.306
The next section opens from the first-person POV of an Android booting up, much like The Terminator.

00:39:58.846 --> 00:40:01.386
You see a loading screen that says Cyberlife Inc.

00:40:01.766 --> 00:40:06.426
as the world around you goes from black to out of focus to in focus.

00:40:07.826 --> 00:40:10.326
You're inside a store, and you're the merchandise.

00:40:11.486 --> 00:40:19.426
It's a store that sells androids, and in some fucked up shit, you see other androids selling your kind to actual people.

00:40:20.206 --> 00:40:22.606
Oh, they're using the androids to sell the androids?

00:40:23.406 --> 00:40:24.306
That doesn't feel good.

00:40:25.106 --> 00:40:26.286
It's actually pretty interesting.

00:40:26.306 --> 00:40:32.886
You get to see one giving a sales pitch to a couple, and you find out that androids can cook tens of thousands of dishes.

00:40:33.486 --> 00:40:42.046
Well, clean your house, mow the lawn, help kids with homework, babysit, guard the house at night, do all sorts of things you would associate with, like, a maid or butler.

00:40:42.286 --> 00:40:43.866
They don't put fucking in this one?

00:40:43.886 --> 00:40:45.366
They do not include the fucking.

00:40:45.866 --> 00:40:48.466
It's implied, but it's not, you know, out there.

00:40:48.586 --> 00:40:52.626
I'm also starting to stare at our Roomba, and I'm a little nervous.

00:40:52.646 --> 00:40:53.906
It doesn't have any holes, don't worry.

00:40:53.906 --> 00:40:55.786
It has googly eyes on it, though.

00:40:55.806 --> 00:40:56.526
You put those there.

00:40:56.706 --> 00:40:59.586
Yeah, I don't know if I've given it some sense of life, but go on.

00:40:59.586 --> 00:41:01.126
But he's also pitching to a couple.

00:41:01.126 --> 00:41:04.306
I'll bet if he was pitching to a single man, he might include the fucking.

00:41:04.666 --> 00:41:04.886
Eh.

00:41:06.126 --> 00:41:08.626
You can't move your body, but you can look around with your head.

00:41:09.586 --> 00:41:10.966
Eventually, two men approach you.

00:41:11.586 --> 00:41:14.286
One is a store employee, but he's a human, not an android.

00:41:14.486 --> 00:41:16.026
So they work in tandem.

00:41:16.166 --> 00:41:17.106
Yes, they work together.

00:41:17.166 --> 00:41:19.466
I wonder which one's better at selling androids.

00:41:20.006 --> 00:41:22.346
This one isn't actually a salesperson.

00:41:22.366 --> 00:41:23.586
He's more of a geek squad.

00:41:23.866 --> 00:41:24.026
Oh.

00:41:24.906 --> 00:41:30.106
The other is a schlubby looking man with stains all down his shirt and a dark five o'clock shadow.

00:41:30.746 --> 00:41:39.026
As they're walking up, the geek squad guy is explaining to the schlubby looking man that you were really messed up when you were brought in, but he did manage to get you working again.

00:41:40.126 --> 00:41:43.806
He asks what happened, and the schlubby guy says that you were hit by a car.

00:41:44.066 --> 00:41:44.646
Oh, shit.

00:41:45.346 --> 00:41:51.186
The geek squad says that he did his best, but he had to reset your memory entirely due to the amount of damage.

00:41:52.166 --> 00:41:54.686
Because of this, they need to register her name once again.

00:41:55.766 --> 00:42:04.746
When geek squad informs you that you are registering a new name, the schlub says that his daughter named you and tells you that your name is Kara.

00:42:05.446 --> 00:42:06.346
Oh, hey, girly.

00:42:07.086 --> 00:42:08.586
Yeah, that's the android from the tech demo.

00:42:08.606 --> 00:42:08.826
Yeah.

00:42:09.326 --> 00:42:13.366
You finally see yourself, a cute young blonde woman with medium-length hair.

00:42:14.286 --> 00:42:16.926
Distinctly different from the blonde woman from the menu screen, though.

00:42:18.166 --> 00:42:21.806
After confirming your name is Kara, the opening credits begin.

00:42:23.146 --> 00:42:26.386
The credits roll as the man drives you home through the city of Detroit.

00:42:27.366 --> 00:42:35.086
Kara looks out the window, seeing this techno marvel of a city, along with the citizens that have been displaced after losing their job to an android.

00:42:35.446 --> 00:42:41.926
Oh, the disparity of a city built on technology and the people displaced because of it.

00:42:42.066 --> 00:42:44.966
Which is exactly what happened to Detroit already once before.

00:42:45.046 --> 00:42:46.206
Yeah, fuck.

00:42:47.166 --> 00:42:51.006
I always thought it was silly that it was in Detroit, but now it's really powerful.

00:42:51.186 --> 00:42:53.886
With the comparison of what has already happened to it, yeah.

00:42:53.906 --> 00:42:54.606
Yeah, entirely.

00:42:54.626 --> 00:43:03.826
And I've grown up in Northern California and seeing that happen to San Francisco and San Jose and all of Silicon Valley of like, oh shit, you guys gotta prepare for some shit.

00:43:04.486 --> 00:43:07.186
What would happen if all that industry just vanished overnight?

00:43:07.206 --> 00:43:08.806
Yeah, crazy.

00:43:08.966 --> 00:43:16.446
And it's just a great contrast between the bustling success of corporations coupled with the broken and destitute city and its inhabitants.

00:43:17.206 --> 00:43:23.846
And it's similar to the Detroit of the late 90s, just before the automobile companies pulled out, leaving the city in ruins that it is today.

00:43:24.446 --> 00:43:28.766
When it comes to innovation, when it's good, it's good, but fuck, when it's bad, it's bad.

00:43:29.306 --> 00:43:33.086
After the credits end, you see some trees in a small city park.

00:43:34.126 --> 00:43:39.166
The date scrolls, revealing that it's November 5th, 2038.

00:43:40.486 --> 00:43:42.686
Remember, remember, the 5th of November.

00:43:42.766 --> 00:43:43.366
Oh shit.

00:43:43.646 --> 00:43:44.646
Yeah, probably not relevant.

00:43:46.066 --> 00:43:46.806
The uprising?

00:43:48.706 --> 00:43:51.906
The French creators putting a little V for Vendetta moment in there?

00:43:51.926 --> 00:43:52.886
Yeah, exactly, right?

00:43:52.906 --> 00:43:53.406
Go off.

00:43:54.286 --> 00:44:02.306
People are running around and enjoying the autumn day, and you are now playing as the game's third and final playable character, Markus.

00:44:03.666 --> 00:44:04.526
Ah, swoon.

00:44:05.186 --> 00:44:11.106
You have a buzzed head, light brown skin, hazel eyes, along with the all-important glowing blue circle.

00:44:12.166 --> 00:44:16.866
You are also extremely good looking, as your character is played by the stunning Jesse Williams.

00:44:18.226 --> 00:44:24.266
You get one of those HUD instructions we saw Connor receive earlier, telling you to go to a paint shop to pick up some supplies.

00:44:25.766 --> 00:44:31.266
It's a nearly open world here with a big sprawling city center that has a small outdoor mall to it.

00:44:32.066 --> 00:44:37.546
You can hear people ranting about androids taking their jobs off in one corner, They took our jobs.

00:44:37.806 --> 00:44:40.466
while a busker plays music about losing his job.

00:44:41.866 --> 00:44:50.826
There's anti-android propaganda on posters, but other than that, people are just going about their day, android and human alike, as if none of it's occurring.

00:44:50.866 --> 00:44:53.746
There's always gonna be some Make America analog again, people.

00:44:53.806 --> 00:44:54.446
Yeah, right.

00:44:55.646 --> 00:44:57.786
You go to the paint shop and pick up your supplies.

00:44:58.646 --> 00:45:03.606
It's cool because here we get to see what happens when two androids interact without humans around.

00:45:04.366 --> 00:45:06.706
It's very straightforward with no formalities.

00:45:07.526 --> 00:45:13.646
Unlike earlier in the android store, where the android salespeople were very personable and friendly as they were talking with regular humans.

00:45:14.666 --> 00:45:18.106
To verify your identity and order, you scan your hand on a little pad.

00:45:19.086 --> 00:45:25.066
The human-like skin on your hand vanishes, revealing the glossy white robot skin underneath that the pad uses to identify you.

00:45:25.626 --> 00:45:28.046
The Whole Foods near our house does this now, too.

00:45:28.106 --> 00:45:29.486
Well, your skin doesn't retract.

00:45:29.606 --> 00:45:34.666
Yeah, but you can scan your handprint and it'll pay for your groceries through your Amazon account.

00:45:34.866 --> 00:45:36.386
And now I'm very scared.

00:45:36.546 --> 00:45:37.686
Yeah, and you know what?

00:45:37.806 --> 00:45:40.026
That didn't exist in 2018 when they made this game.

00:45:40.046 --> 00:45:40.766
God damn it.

00:45:40.786 --> 00:45:42.546
They are very good at predicting what's coming.

00:45:44.106 --> 00:45:47.006
Once you verify your identity, the human skin returns.

00:45:48.186 --> 00:45:52.966
When you pay for the order, your blue circle turns yellow, indicating a transfer of information.

00:45:53.886 --> 00:45:56.386
Once the transaction is complete, it turns blue again.

00:45:57.786 --> 00:46:01.326
After the purchase, you have a new objective to take the bus home with your package.

00:46:02.306 --> 00:46:09.266
On the way to the bus, you pass by an anti-Android protest group, and when they see you, they start to harass you.

00:46:10.646 --> 00:46:12.886
One shoves you to the ground and calls you pathetic.

00:46:14.066 --> 00:46:19.026
You can take their jobs, but you can't stand up for yourself, you fucking pussy.

00:46:19.626 --> 00:46:22.846
As you try to get back up, they keep knocking you back down.

00:46:24.066 --> 00:46:30.986
Eventually a cop shows up and says that while he agrees with them, he'll have to arrest them for damaging private property if they take it any further.

00:46:32.726 --> 00:46:36.106
You get up, grab your art supplies, and head to the nearby bus stop.

00:46:37.106 --> 00:46:42.326
The bus arrives, and you enter the android compartment of the driverless bus, in the back.

00:46:42.806 --> 00:46:44.046
It's a little heavy handed.

00:46:44.186 --> 00:46:49.566
Yeah, the imagery of making a black presenting character being forced to the back of the bus isn't subtle.

00:46:49.806 --> 00:46:51.926
After being harassed just for existing?

00:46:51.926 --> 00:46:56.746
Yeah, it's very deliberately done to show just how androids are viewed by society as a whole.

00:46:57.346 --> 00:46:59.226
Do you think that this had to be done in America?

00:46:59.246 --> 00:47:00.446
Oh, absolutely.

00:47:01.466 --> 00:47:03.686
There's something unfortunately very American about it.

00:47:03.746 --> 00:47:06.026
It's the fact that it's happened before, so why wouldn't again?

00:47:06.046 --> 00:47:08.266
Okay, yeah, that's exactly what it is.

00:47:08.286 --> 00:47:08.546
Yep.

00:47:09.406 --> 00:47:15.786
While Markus rides the bus home, we're taken back to Kara, who is just arriving to her destination that same day.

00:47:16.646 --> 00:47:20.226
And every time you switch characters, that's when you get one of these like flow charts.

00:47:22.566 --> 00:47:28.246
The schlub's name is Todd, and he parks his old pickup truck on the sidewalk like an asshole.

00:47:28.426 --> 00:47:29.766
Ah, Todd, come on, man.

00:47:29.946 --> 00:47:31.306
And leads you inside the house.

00:47:32.766 --> 00:47:36.606
Todd lives in a rundown neighborhood of Detroit, the kind you see today, honestly.

00:47:37.266 --> 00:47:40.286
Half the house is condemned, some reduced to empty lots.

00:47:41.346 --> 00:47:45.506
Todd's house just barely hanging on as the paint is chipping and the wood is rotting.

00:47:46.726 --> 00:47:49.246
You walk in, and of course, the place is a fucking mess.

00:47:50.266 --> 00:47:54.006
Todd says you've been out for two weeks, and he hasn't lifted a damn finger.

00:47:54.286 --> 00:47:54.486
Ugh.

00:47:54.626 --> 00:47:55.666
So you need to get to work.

00:47:55.886 --> 00:47:56.766
Fuck you, Todd.

00:47:56.946 --> 00:48:00.066
Do the dishes, the laundry, take out the trash, and watch after...

00:48:01.026 --> 00:48:02.266
Now where'd that little shit go?

00:48:02.386 --> 00:48:03.446
Oh my god, really?

00:48:03.686 --> 00:48:10.486
He yells out for someone named Alice, and a little girl who's about ten years old is revealed to be sitting, sadly, on the stairs nearby.

00:48:11.506 --> 00:48:15.926
He says that you're to take care of Alice, bathe her, help her with homework, that kind of shit.

00:48:17.166 --> 00:48:21.206
You get to work, and of course, being a David Cage game, we have to do some chores.

00:48:22.206 --> 00:48:25.126
Just immediately off the bat to get used to QTEs?

00:48:25.766 --> 00:48:27.746
You're gonna do some dumb household shit.

00:48:28.746 --> 00:48:32.506
You go around cleaning up while Todd sits on his ass and watches a hockey game.

00:48:33.466 --> 00:48:37.746
And it's a real hockey game, too, played by real humans in the real world.

00:48:37.986 --> 00:48:38.206
Oh.

00:48:38.486 --> 00:48:45.186
It's a hockey match from 2013 that was a charity match between two military bases, Fort Bragg and Fort Benning.

00:48:46.106 --> 00:48:48.026
Not relevant to the game in any way, shape or form.

00:48:48.046 --> 00:48:48.746
Just a fun fact.

00:48:48.766 --> 00:48:49.886
That is a good fun fact.

00:48:50.706 --> 00:48:55.626
As you clean, you notice Todd smoking some red substance, like it's crystal meth basically.

00:48:55.826 --> 00:48:58.086
Oh shit, like the Breaking Bad Blue about it?

00:48:58.106 --> 00:48:58.846
Yeah, right?

00:48:59.386 --> 00:49:02.286
Actually, you'll remember that they had something very similar in Heavy Rain.

00:49:02.306 --> 00:49:05.906
The detective in that game was hooked on some kind of made up sci-fi drug as well.

00:49:06.046 --> 00:49:06.906
Oh, right.

00:49:07.526 --> 00:49:08.806
They love drugs.

00:49:08.806 --> 00:49:09.366
They do.

00:49:09.766 --> 00:49:10.386
So do I.

00:49:11.106 --> 00:49:17.966
Since it's been two weeks since the house has been cleaned, that includes the laundry that's been hanging outside in the smog-filled city air.

00:49:17.986 --> 00:49:20.006
It's just been rotting in the backyard?

00:49:20.026 --> 00:49:21.126
Yeah, entirely.

00:49:21.286 --> 00:49:23.086
Todd, get your shit together.

00:49:23.246 --> 00:49:25.526
So you pull the laundry down and have to re-wash it.

00:49:26.166 --> 00:49:28.986
While washing it, you find Todd's stash of drugs.

00:49:29.206 --> 00:49:30.266
His red stuff?

00:49:30.726 --> 00:49:35.166
Yeah, you scan the substance and it comes back as a chemical compound known as red ice.

00:49:36.066 --> 00:49:37.326
And yeah, it's red crystal meth.

00:49:39.426 --> 00:49:45.446
As you're analyzing it, Todd comes up behind you, turns you around violently, and grabs you by the throat.

00:49:46.046 --> 00:49:46.806
Don't love that.

00:49:47.266 --> 00:49:54.386
Whenever an android is in distress, their blue circle turns red since they can't show emotion to indicate something is wrong.

00:49:55.626 --> 00:50:03.726
Your circle is spinning crimson as Todd screams at you for messing with his stuff and says to stay the fuck out of his business if you know what's good for you.

00:50:05.206 --> 00:50:08.926
He lets you go back to finishing the laundry, and your circle returns to blue.

00:50:10.226 --> 00:50:13.646
Once you finish with the ground floor, you head upstairs to clean the bedrooms.

00:50:15.546 --> 00:50:20.026
If you try talking to Alice during the cleanup, she is very shy and won't say anything to you.

00:50:20.786 --> 00:50:23.826
She just plays with her toys or gets really quiet and looks away.

00:50:24.026 --> 00:50:25.426
She's busy forming trauma.

00:50:25.686 --> 00:50:28.166
Yeah, and sometimes she just kind of runs off without saying a word.

00:50:28.306 --> 00:50:28.846
I get it.

00:50:30.086 --> 00:50:36.966
In Todd's room, you see that he's obviously a mess of a man, with drugs and clothes strewn about everywhere.

00:50:37.846 --> 00:50:39.526
You even find a gun in his nightstand.

00:50:39.586 --> 00:50:40.446
Of course you do.

00:50:41.006 --> 00:50:45.106
At one point, you clean up some of his mail, and a magazine drops to the ground.

00:50:45.686 --> 00:50:50.206
You don't get a great look at the magazine, but it's clearly an Android order catalog.

00:50:51.026 --> 00:50:53.626
You put it away, hoping it's not there to replace you.

00:50:54.586 --> 00:51:00.266
It's a lot of cleaning, but you're also noticing little things along the way that may or may not help you out later.

00:51:01.406 --> 00:51:05.926
In Alice's room, you clean up her toys and mess a bit, and try chatting with her some more.

00:51:06.906 --> 00:51:12.526
As long as you're picking dialogue options that are kind, she'll warm up to you eventually, but still won't speak.

00:51:13.286 --> 00:51:15.226
She will give you a small copper key, though.

00:51:16.186 --> 00:51:25.646
You use it to open a small music box in Alice's room, and inside, you find pictures of Todd, a woman, and Alice at the age of about two years old.

00:51:26.886 --> 00:51:30.806
Todd looks much skinnier and happier as he smiles with his beautiful family.

00:51:32.086 --> 00:51:35.146
Then you find some hand-drawn pictures that Alice made herself.

00:51:36.586 --> 00:51:45.806
In the pictures, it shows Todd getting angry at Kara and beating her to the point of breaking, showing that you weren't hit by a car.

00:51:46.366 --> 00:51:47.526
Todd did that himself.

00:51:48.146 --> 00:51:51.026
And I love that Alice was like, I need to commit this to crayon.

00:51:51.246 --> 00:51:51.806
Yeah, right.

00:51:52.186 --> 00:51:53.106
I need to draw it out.

00:51:53.306 --> 00:51:53.986
Poor girl.

00:51:54.606 --> 00:51:59.826
You go back downstairs after finishing upstairs, where Alice is sitting at the dinner table playing with her doll.

00:52:00.906 --> 00:52:05.406
Todd walks up to her and asks what she's doing, and she responds that she's just playing.

00:52:06.426 --> 00:52:14.186
He says he knows what she thinks, that her dad is a fucking loser, lowlife, can't hold down a job or take care of his family.

00:52:15.286 --> 00:52:21.486
Then he lifts her high in the air and starts screaming her face, telling her to tell him that she hates him.

00:52:21.586 --> 00:52:22.526
Oh my God.

00:52:22.766 --> 00:52:27.166
He keeps screaming, say it, say you hate me, while shaking her violently.

00:52:28.486 --> 00:52:34.126
Finally, he stops shaking her and begins to cry, lowering Alice back to the ground.

00:52:35.506 --> 00:52:46.146
Todd gets down on both knees to get on her level and just sobs openly, apologizing profusely, saying he didn't mean it and that he loves her.

00:52:46.346 --> 00:52:47.446
I fucking hate Todd.

00:52:48.026 --> 00:52:49.026
Oh, Todd's the worst.

00:52:50.166 --> 00:52:55.926
He sobs, holding Alice and saying he's trying to be a better person as the scene fades.

00:52:57.486 --> 00:53:01.346
We rejoin Markus as his bus drops him off in front of the home of his owner.

00:53:02.266 --> 00:53:07.026
In contrast to Todd's house, this one is a luxurious old Midwestern home.

00:53:07.746 --> 00:53:11.526
Big long driveway, lots of greenery, and windows galore.

00:53:12.486 --> 00:53:16.186
Most of the interior and exterior being made of elegant carved wood.

00:53:17.626 --> 00:53:24.746
Markus enters the home, and it's like in Back to the Future 2 where he's greeted by name by the home's disembodied security system voice.

00:53:24.766 --> 00:53:25.846
That's always so cool.

00:53:26.506 --> 00:53:31.746
The house is stunning, with huge paintings and sculptures hung everywhere.

00:53:32.786 --> 00:53:40.786
Going up the stairs, you see one of those devices that you often see in homes of people who require assistance going up and down, like a little chair that carries you.

00:53:41.026 --> 00:53:43.986
Oh yeah, Trevor Wallace the comedian has one of those in his house.

00:53:44.026 --> 00:53:44.466
Oh really?

00:53:44.486 --> 00:53:46.806
Yeah, Tana Mongeau tried to fuck him on it.

00:53:47.666 --> 00:53:48.206
She would.

00:53:49.426 --> 00:53:51.986
You have the objective of waking up your owner Carl.

00:53:52.826 --> 00:53:56.206
You enter his bedroom and draw the curtains, letting the morning light shine through.

00:53:57.346 --> 00:54:00.486
Carl is an old man in his late 70s, early 80s.

00:54:01.406 --> 00:54:07.246
He's got a bunch of old man black and gray tattoos down his arms that he stretches as he sits up in bed.

00:54:07.446 --> 00:54:08.066
Oh, that's cool.

00:54:08.086 --> 00:54:08.966
I'm gonna look like that.

00:54:08.986 --> 00:54:10.206
Yeah, you definitely are.

00:54:11.246 --> 00:54:14.886
In a corner, we see a wheelchair, further indicating that Carl can't walk.

00:54:16.006 --> 00:54:20.206
You begin to give him a breakdown of the day, letting him know the time and weather forecast.

00:54:21.146 --> 00:54:26.086
You let him know it's time for his morning meds, and he tries to object because it requires an injection.

00:54:26.546 --> 00:54:29.646
And he hates needles, as all heavily tattooed people tend to be.

00:54:29.686 --> 00:54:30.406
You know what?

00:54:32.966 --> 00:54:34.386
Why is that so real?

00:54:35.446 --> 00:54:36.046
You relate?

00:54:36.186 --> 00:54:39.926
Yeah, and every time I've given blood, I tell them, like, I'm so sorry, I can't look.

00:54:39.986 --> 00:54:41.686
I know I look like a pincushion.

00:54:41.706 --> 00:54:45.506
I do not like seeing the stuff come out of me, and I do not like the way it feels.

00:54:45.786 --> 00:54:51.606
And every single phlebotomist I've ever met has been, yeah, everyone that looks like you says that.

00:54:53.426 --> 00:54:58.086
Every heavily tattooed person fucking hates needles, IVs, injections, everything.

00:54:58.146 --> 00:55:00.446
That is the most human thing.

00:55:01.226 --> 00:55:02.986
It's so weirdly ironic.

00:55:04.686 --> 00:55:11.206
Carl laments that humans are such fragile machines, having to do so much just to keep them working.

00:55:12.226 --> 00:55:14.846
You smile knowing that Androids don't have those problems.

00:55:16.386 --> 00:55:19.766
Carl notices your clothes are dirty and beat up, and asks what happened.

00:55:20.926 --> 00:55:24.106
You shrug it off, saying it was just some protesters getting a little rowdy.

00:55:25.246 --> 00:55:27.586
Carl gets upset and says they're a bunch of idiots.

00:55:28.786 --> 00:55:31.686
You pick him up and take him into the bathroom for his morning routine.

00:55:32.766 --> 00:55:37.286
Being a David Cage game, you expect to go into the shower with them, but fortunately we don't.

00:55:37.826 --> 00:55:39.186
Oh, what a treat!

00:55:39.286 --> 00:55:42.786
Yeah, we just get a tour of the bedroom while we hear the water running instead.

00:55:42.806 --> 00:55:44.766
We only see the younger people naked.

00:55:44.786 --> 00:55:45.426
Yeah, only.

00:55:45.826 --> 00:55:46.986
And actually not even in this game.

00:55:47.346 --> 00:55:47.946
Really?

00:55:47.966 --> 00:55:49.106
Yeah, nobody gets naked in this one.

00:55:49.326 --> 00:55:50.146
Not in this round.

00:55:51.186 --> 00:55:51.666
That's fair.

00:55:52.726 --> 00:55:54.266
There's definitely a nude run.

00:55:54.326 --> 00:55:55.006
Oh, I hope not.

00:55:56.186 --> 00:56:01.506
You carry him back out, Karl now dressed in his relaxed vest, rocking a house coat and linen pants.

00:56:01.726 --> 00:56:02.866
Okay, Hugh Hefner.

00:56:03.486 --> 00:56:07.466
You put him down in his wheelchair and push him through the house to the dining room for breakfast.

00:56:08.326 --> 00:56:16.306
On the way out, you let him know that the opening of a gallery featuring his artwork is today, and he has still not confirmed if he will attend or not.

00:56:16.686 --> 00:56:21.666
That is so cool to be like, I know they're doing some show in honor of me.

00:56:23.826 --> 00:56:24.526
Damn.

00:56:24.526 --> 00:56:28.806
Carl actually says he'll decide just before it's time to go if he wants to or not.

00:56:28.846 --> 00:56:30.046
Carl's fucking cool as shit.

00:56:30.066 --> 00:56:30.626
I love him.

00:56:31.186 --> 00:56:34.586
You set him up with breakfast, and he tells you to occupy your time while he eats.

00:56:35.586 --> 00:56:41.966
This gives you a chance to explore a bit, and you can do a couple different activities, one of them being play the grand piano in the corner.

00:56:42.686 --> 00:56:46.826
It's not quite on the level of the guitar playing in The Last of Us 2, but it's pretty damn close.

00:56:47.126 --> 00:56:47.346
Oh.

00:56:48.346 --> 00:56:51.366
After you finish, Carl is by your side, having finished eating.

00:56:52.166 --> 00:56:54.786
He says your playing is getting so much better.

00:56:55.666 --> 00:56:59.006
For an android, you play with more soul than most humans.

00:57:00.206 --> 00:57:01.246
He's an ally.

00:57:01.706 --> 00:57:02.706
Fully an ally.

00:57:03.246 --> 00:57:07.366
Carl warns you, there will come a day when he won't be around anymore.

00:57:08.646 --> 00:57:17.046
You saw earlier today, people hate things that are different, and you need to learn to always be true to who you are, no matter what.

00:57:18.666 --> 00:57:25.966
You take Carl to his art studio, and it's a gorgeous space, with three of the four walls featuring floor-to-ceiling windows.

00:57:27.066 --> 00:57:34.826
Carl approaches a 20-foot tall piece he's working on, and gets to work using a robotic arm that lifts his chair into the air to reach the top.

00:57:34.966 --> 00:57:36.166
That's so fucking cool.

00:57:36.206 --> 00:57:37.686
Oh, he's got so much damn money.

00:57:38.646 --> 00:57:40.146
Carl asks how you like the painting.

00:57:40.566 --> 00:57:48.386
You get some options, positive and negative, and regardless of what you answer, Carl says that at his age, he's all out of things to say with his art.

00:57:49.426 --> 00:57:53.726
Every day, he's one step closer to the grave, and he's just passing the time painting.

00:57:53.886 --> 00:57:55.586
He's really going through some shit.

00:57:55.806 --> 00:58:00.566
He is, but he says that nobody would even give a shit about this art if he wasn't already famous.

00:58:02.006 --> 00:58:03.286
That's when Carl has an idea.

00:58:04.286 --> 00:58:05.886
He asks you to paint something.

00:58:06.886 --> 00:58:08.946
He wants to see what comes out of an Android.

00:58:10.226 --> 00:58:14.566
So you pick up a brush and some paint, and you look around the room to find something.

00:58:15.966 --> 00:58:20.126
Which you do, and it's a photorealistic painting of exactly what you chose.

00:58:21.166 --> 00:58:24.146
Carl's like, good, you can make copies of things.

00:58:25.546 --> 00:58:27.106
But I want you to paint from within.

00:58:28.026 --> 00:58:30.926
Paint something abstract, a feeling.

00:58:32.246 --> 00:58:35.106
You're like, Carl, I don't have feelings.

00:58:35.126 --> 00:58:35.786
I'm a robot.

00:58:37.326 --> 00:58:39.326
Carl doesn't care and tells you to try anyway.

00:58:40.386 --> 00:58:41.506
He says to close your eyes.

00:58:42.246 --> 00:58:44.586
And to think of a concept you consider important.

00:58:45.346 --> 00:58:48.506
And to begin painting what that concept makes you think about.

00:58:50.506 --> 00:58:52.026
You get some options to choose from.

00:58:52.746 --> 00:58:56.546
And once you make your selections, you begin to paint with your eyes firmly shut.

00:58:58.326 --> 00:58:59.666
Once you finish, you step back.

00:59:00.446 --> 00:59:05.846
And it's a tragically beautiful painting, showing a deep darkness hidden somewhere inside of you.

00:59:07.086 --> 00:59:15.426
Carl says, My god, as the two of you are interrupted by the door to the studio opening, and a guy around the age of 30 walks in the room.

00:59:16.686 --> 00:59:21.366
He looks at the scene kind of disgusted, and says, Hey dad, to Carl.

00:59:22.586 --> 00:59:25.266
Carl looks up and greets his son Leo in surprise.

00:59:26.146 --> 00:59:29.346
Leo is clearly zonked out of his mind on red ice.

00:59:31.046 --> 00:59:35.906
He's shaking and nervous, clothes disheveled with a glisten of sweat on his face.

00:59:36.346 --> 00:59:40.886
Sweaty and freezing is so fucking like the worst situation.

00:59:41.966 --> 00:59:46.586
Before even finishing his greetings, he says that he needs some cash.

00:59:47.946 --> 00:59:50.206
Carl says he just gave him his allowance.

00:59:50.246 --> 00:59:51.066
What happened to it?

00:59:51.246 --> 00:59:52.166
Allowance?

00:59:52.426 --> 00:59:53.326
Ugh, you're 30.

00:59:53.366 --> 00:59:54.226
Yeah, right.

00:59:54.306 --> 00:59:55.666
Then questions if he's high.

00:59:56.906 --> 01:00:00.286
Leo flips out saying, no, God, why do you always ask that?

01:00:01.466 --> 01:00:07.446
Carl refuses to give him money, and he starts yelling that he's always cared more for this plastic toy Markus than his own son.

01:00:08.486 --> 01:00:12.566
Leo storms out of the room saying that Carl never loved him, and the scene ends.

01:00:13.606 --> 01:00:14.166
I get it.

01:00:14.226 --> 01:00:15.166
I don't love him either.

01:00:15.246 --> 01:00:16.546
Yeah, what's there to love?

01:00:16.706 --> 01:00:19.126
And if you have Jesse Williams.

01:00:23.106 --> 01:00:25.406
Late that night, around 11 p.m.

01:00:26.206 --> 01:00:29.326
we find ourselves outside a bar, and rain is pouring.

01:00:30.426 --> 01:00:34.166
We see a quarter being flipped, so we know we're once again playing as Connor.

01:00:35.346 --> 01:00:39.806
You approach the door to the bar, and it says no androids or dogs allowed.

01:00:40.786 --> 01:00:41.906
Sorry, that sucks.

01:00:42.146 --> 01:00:43.126
But you enter anyway.

01:00:44.446 --> 01:00:47.886
Inside, you have the mission to find Lieutenant Hank Anderson.

01:00:48.866 --> 01:00:55.366
It's one of those record-scratch moments when you walk in as everyone in the bar looks up at you, the unwelcome guest in their midst.

01:00:56.666 --> 01:01:03.226
You find the saddest, most pathetic-looking man in the bar, and it is, of course, Lieutenant Hank Anderson.

01:01:04.106 --> 01:01:08.306
You approach him and introduce yourself as having been sent by Cyberlife to be his new partner.

01:01:09.046 --> 01:01:13.366
You tried to meet him back at the station, but they told you that Hank is likely at a nearby bar.

01:01:14.266 --> 01:01:17.006
You luckily only had to search for others before finding him here.

01:01:18.986 --> 01:01:23.686
You explain that Hank has been assigned to a homicide case involving an android killing a human.

01:01:24.386 --> 01:01:32.846
Because of that, you have been assigned to the case, as you have a track record of success in cases involving androids behaving in a manner that goes against their programming.

01:01:33.786 --> 01:01:44.926
Androids essentially abide by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov's Three Rules of Robotics, which are a robot cannot harm a human or allow a human to come to harm through an action.

01:01:45.766 --> 01:01:50.366
A robot must obey human orders unless those orders conflict with the first law.

01:01:51.426 --> 01:01:59.006
And a robot must protect its own existence unless those protections conflict with the first or second law.

01:02:00.326 --> 01:02:08.146
There's a lot of room there for interpretation, there's a lot of room there for confusion, and that is essentially what is leading to these deviancies.

01:02:09.626 --> 01:02:13.226
After some convincing, the two of you head to the scene of the crime.

01:02:14.266 --> 01:02:21.786
It's in another one of Detroit's many poverty-stricken neighborhoods, and this whole scene is some dark-ass 1950s noir cop shit.

01:02:22.946 --> 01:02:29.106
There's a two-week-old dead and rotting body covered in blood and stab wounds in the house.

01:02:29.626 --> 01:02:30.826
Ugh, and it's been there for weeks?

01:02:30.906 --> 01:02:31.906
For two weeks.

01:02:32.086 --> 01:02:33.046
Disgusting.

01:02:33.066 --> 01:02:36.626
With the words, I am alive, written blood above him.

01:02:36.826 --> 01:02:37.326
Oh, God.

01:02:37.346 --> 01:02:38.086
Red or blue blood?

01:02:38.246 --> 01:02:38.706
Red blood.

01:02:39.146 --> 01:02:39.706
Oh, God.

01:02:40.366 --> 01:02:45.506
There's little evidence flags set up all over the place for you to investigate as the cops have been there for a while.

01:02:46.386 --> 01:02:50.226
You do your due diligence and come up with a theory on what went down here.

01:02:51.326 --> 01:02:55.246
While the victim isn't Todd, he's very similar to Todd in a lot of ways.

01:02:55.466 --> 01:02:57.526
Todd is kind of an archetype of a dude.

01:02:57.646 --> 01:03:00.606
We're gonna see a lot of androids with similar stories to each other.

01:03:01.666 --> 01:03:06.226
The victim here is a red-ice addict who lost his job to an android at some point.

01:03:06.926 --> 01:03:12.806
While high, he took his anger out on his personal android and started beating it with a baseball bat.

01:03:12.826 --> 01:03:14.026
Holy shit, dude.

01:03:14.346 --> 01:03:23.206
The android grabbed a kitchen knife to defend itself and ended up killing the man, stabbing him 28 times.

01:03:23.466 --> 01:03:25.546
That is some self-fucking defense.

01:03:27.686 --> 01:03:32.126
You see outside that there are no footprints, which means the android didn't run.

01:03:32.726 --> 01:03:33.906
He's somewhere in the house still.

01:03:35.406 --> 01:03:38.706
You run your theory by Lieutenant Anderson, and he's genuinely impressed.

01:03:39.646 --> 01:03:41.206
He says that your logic is sound.

01:03:41.466 --> 01:03:44.206
Now the only question is, where's the android hiding?

01:03:45.566 --> 01:03:48.586
You explain that blue blood evaporates after a couple hours.

01:03:49.426 --> 01:03:54.846
It leaves traces behind that are invisible to the human eye, though, but is very visible to an android.

01:03:55.946 --> 01:03:58.366
So you follow the invisible trail of blood through the house.

01:03:59.246 --> 01:04:04.806
It leads to two places, a bathroom and a dead end just beneath the door to an attic.

01:04:06.226 --> 01:04:10.206
In the bathroom, you find what appears to be some kind of religious shrine in the shower.

01:04:10.966 --> 01:04:11.746
There's Dr.

01:04:11.746 --> 01:04:15.286
Ratman-style writing all over the walls that say RA9.

01:04:15.446 --> 01:04:16.006
Oh, no.

01:04:16.066 --> 01:04:18.446
And there's a little statue with candles surrounding it.

01:04:19.386 --> 01:04:24.666
You do your best to analyze it, but can't make hide nor hair of it, and decide to check the attic instead.

01:04:26.006 --> 01:04:31.346
You open the attic and head up, where you find a busted up and scared android cowering in a corner.

01:04:32.626 --> 01:04:34.666
It begs you not to say anything.

01:04:35.666 --> 01:04:40.126
But you're a cop, here to do cop shit, so you turn him into Hank and the others.

01:04:42.186 --> 01:04:47.046
Back in control of Kara, you wake up a passed out Todd to let him know dinner is ready.

01:04:48.226 --> 01:04:55.106
He takes a hit of his red ice, and joins Alice at the dinner table, as you serve them up some of Jack Marston's favorite food.

01:04:56.306 --> 01:04:58.426
Spaghetti.

01:04:59.566 --> 01:05:02.826
As you serve them, Todd starts ranting about androids.

01:05:03.366 --> 01:05:06.046
How they take everyone's fucking job, including his.

01:05:06.786 --> 01:05:12.126
And then, when he needed help around the house, he went out and hired a fucking android.

01:05:12.366 --> 01:05:13.906
You're part of the problem, dipshit.

01:05:14.546 --> 01:05:22.246
Then he looks at Alice, who is sitting silently staring at her spaghetti, sad and scared having heard this rant a million times before.

01:05:23.626 --> 01:05:26.366
Knowing what's coming next, and readying herself for it.

01:05:27.766 --> 01:05:33.066
Todd asks Alice if this was everything she dreamed of, living in this shit hole of a house.

01:05:34.026 --> 01:05:37.546
It's not his fault Alice's mother took off without a word for a fucking accountant.

01:05:39.086 --> 01:05:41.406
Todd flips the dinner table and rushes at Alice.

01:05:42.726 --> 01:05:45.406
She begs, saying, Daddy, no, but it's no use.

01:05:46.446 --> 01:05:48.766
Todd backhands Alice across the face.

01:05:49.706 --> 01:05:51.586
Fortunately, we don't see him hit a child.

01:05:52.166 --> 01:05:55.926
We instead see Kara's reaction to it, which is one of shock and fear.

01:05:57.286 --> 01:06:00.466
Alice runs upstairs crying and this sends Todd into a rage.

01:06:01.506 --> 01:06:03.926
He starts saying to himself, this is all her fault.

01:06:04.246 --> 01:06:06.026
I'm going to teach that little bitch a lesson.

01:06:06.806 --> 01:06:08.806
But first, I need to take a hit.

01:06:10.006 --> 01:06:14.666
He goes over the couch to smoke his red ice and tells you not to fucking move if you want to remain in one piece.

01:06:16.246 --> 01:06:21.966
As he sits to smoke, your HUD fills your field of view with the instructions, Don't Move.

01:06:23.446 --> 01:06:25.886
You can't just sit there, knowing what he's about to do.

01:06:27.066 --> 01:06:29.806
You try to budge, but your programming prevents you.

01:06:30.906 --> 01:06:35.546
You try again, and now the world stops like we're in detective mode.

01:06:36.646 --> 01:06:39.386
You can see a prompt under the Don't Move.

01:06:40.926 --> 01:06:49.466
Performing the button press causes a kind of ghost version of yourself to separate from your body, and you can see it breaking through the programming.

01:06:50.706 --> 01:06:57.306
The ghost's hands push against an invisible barrier, almost like the Don't Move is being projected onto a glass wall.

01:06:58.326 --> 01:07:04.126
As you continue to defy your programming, the glass barrier shatters, and the Don't Move vanishes.

01:07:04.226 --> 01:07:05.126
Hell yeah!

01:07:05.786 --> 01:07:15.686
You successfully break through your programming, you leave detective mode, and your real body sprints up the stairs to Alice's room so you can get there before Todd does.

01:07:17.046 --> 01:07:20.466
You get to the room, and you have some escape options, including jumping out the window.

01:07:21.366 --> 01:07:27.326
Or if you wait too long, Todd comes busting into the room and throws you out into the hallway.

01:07:27.886 --> 01:07:33.746
He removes his belt and starts wailing on poor Alice when you charge in and stop him.

01:07:35.046 --> 01:07:37.726
You tell him that you want him to leave Alice alone.

01:07:39.006 --> 01:07:41.686
Todd looks at you and says, You want?

01:07:42.826 --> 01:07:44.486
What do you mean, you want?

01:07:44.686 --> 01:07:46.926
You have to follow the rule of robotics, Todd!

01:07:47.066 --> 01:07:48.566
I can't let you hurt someone!

01:07:49.326 --> 01:07:50.806
You're a fucking android!

01:07:50.806 --> 01:07:53.226
You don't want anything!

01:07:54.046 --> 01:07:56.506
This makes Todd furious, and he attacks you.

01:07:57.406 --> 01:08:00.346
Which is some excellent quantum dream QTE fighting.

01:08:00.846 --> 01:08:03.566
Like, bitch about QTEs, all you want.

01:08:04.206 --> 01:08:07.446
But when they're done right, they're poetic in their execution.

01:08:08.046 --> 01:08:12.226
Like, this is top tier QTE, and then super massive, and then telltale.

01:08:12.226 --> 01:08:13.046
Yeah, easily.

01:08:13.446 --> 01:08:15.066
These guys just know how to do it right.

01:08:16.466 --> 01:08:21.966
You manage to overtake Todd, and he runs into the corner of a shelf, leaving a massive gash across his forehead.

01:08:22.086 --> 01:08:23.066
Good, fuck you.

01:08:23.386 --> 01:08:25.166
You grab Alice and run downstairs.

01:08:26.026 --> 01:08:28.446
Before you can reach the front door, Todd is there.

01:08:29.166 --> 01:08:31.906
He grabs you by the throat, and throws you across the room.

01:08:32.706 --> 01:08:36.406
You grapple with him some more, and eventually manage to run out the back door.

01:08:37.466 --> 01:08:41.126
The two of you sprint to the fence at the far end, where you throw Alice up and over.

01:08:42.006 --> 01:08:50.506
You follow behind, and the two of you tear ass down the alley behind the house to a bus stop, where a bus pulls up just in the nick of time in the pouring down rain.

01:08:51.566 --> 01:08:56.006
The two of you board the bus, and it drives off as you hear Todd screaming from the backyard.

01:08:56.106 --> 01:08:57.266
Good, fuck you, Todd.

01:08:58.526 --> 01:09:01.666
Alone on the bus, you and Alice cuddle up in a seat together.

01:09:02.306 --> 01:09:04.866
As Alice realizes, it's just the two of you now.

01:09:05.686 --> 01:09:08.246
And she attempts to fall asleep as the scene ends.

01:09:09.226 --> 01:09:11.606
Is Kara sitting in the people area?

01:09:11.626 --> 01:09:12.846
She is sitting in the people area.

01:09:12.866 --> 01:09:13.726
Good for you, bitch.

01:09:15.026 --> 01:09:20.346
Now in control of Markus, it's the same night at about the same time, but on the other side of town.

01:09:21.446 --> 01:09:25.826
You and Carl are returning home from the gallery opening that Carl was debating on attending.

01:09:25.926 --> 01:09:26.646
Oh, he did go.

01:09:27.266 --> 01:09:32.606
Carl is bitching about how much he hates those events when the two of you notice the lights are on in the art studio.

01:09:32.626 --> 01:09:33.326
How weird.

01:09:33.666 --> 01:09:37.906
You tell Carl that you ran through your memory and you remember turning it off before you left the house.

01:09:39.046 --> 01:09:40.286
Carl tells you to call the police.

01:09:41.306 --> 01:09:44.666
Being an android, you don't need a phone, you just kind of do it inside your brain.

01:09:45.286 --> 01:09:47.806
You call the cops and let them know there's been a possible intrusion.

01:09:49.026 --> 01:09:53.926
Carl says that it could take too long for the cops to show, so he says he wants to check it out with you.

01:09:54.966 --> 01:10:00.946
The two of you go into the art studio and find Carl's useless-ass son Leo in there, gathering up some paintings.

01:10:00.946 --> 01:10:02.166
God damn it, Leo.

01:10:02.646 --> 01:10:08.526
Carl asks him just what the fuck he thinks he's doing, and Leo says he's taking an advance on his inheritance.

01:10:08.966 --> 01:10:09.166
Ugh.

01:10:09.586 --> 01:10:13.546
He intends to sell these paintings, which will be his someday anyway.

01:10:14.086 --> 01:10:16.846
That way Carl won't have to keep giving him money all the time.

01:10:18.166 --> 01:10:20.646
Carl tells you to stop Leo, and you go to confront him.

01:10:22.886 --> 01:10:29.046
Leo sidesteps you and starts yelling at his dad, saying he cares about this stupid piece of plastic more than he cares for his own son.

01:10:29.186 --> 01:10:30.046
Reasonably so.

01:10:30.066 --> 01:10:31.726
His son fucking sucks.

01:10:31.746 --> 01:10:32.546
He's the worst.

01:10:33.926 --> 01:10:37.306
Leo shoves you, so Carl wheels over and tells Leo to knock it off.

01:10:38.286 --> 01:10:42.426
Leo pushes Carl away, looks at you, and tells you that he wants to fight.

01:10:43.706 --> 01:10:47.146
Carl tells you do not defend yourself, no matter what.

01:10:47.726 --> 01:10:47.966
Ugh.

01:10:48.866 --> 01:10:50.526
Leo shoves and hits you.

01:10:51.646 --> 01:10:59.286
Each time you see your instructions of don't defend yourself, after a couple hits, they change to this isn't fair.

01:10:59.666 --> 01:11:00.266
Hell yeah.

01:11:00.586 --> 01:11:03.126
Then it says, I don't have to obey them.

01:11:04.366 --> 01:11:06.906
Finally, Leo smacks you and you fall over.

01:11:08.006 --> 01:11:12.006
The instructions change to, I must decide for myself.

01:11:14.106 --> 01:11:18.866
You enter the same kind of detective mode that you had when you were Kara, just before defying her programming.

01:11:19.766 --> 01:11:31.946
A wall with the words don't defend yourself appear in your HUD, and your ghost detaches itself and starts punching the wall until it explodes, unleashing you from your order not to defend yourself.

01:11:32.166 --> 01:11:32.526
Good.

01:11:33.326 --> 01:11:40.486
You turn to face down Leo, but the two of you are distracted as Carl begins to cough and slouch over.

01:11:42.186 --> 01:11:47.006
Leo lands a sucker punch while you're distracted, and you stop fighting to tend to Carl.

01:11:49.046 --> 01:11:57.526
Carl falls to the ground saying, Humans, such fragile machines, as he coughs and sputters, struggling for breath.

01:11:59.026 --> 01:12:03.526
You hold him, crying actual tears, begging Carl not to leave you.

01:12:05.026 --> 01:12:06.826
Carl reminds you what he said earlier.

01:12:07.686 --> 01:12:12.206
Be true to yourself, and not to let anyone tell you who you are.

01:12:13.686 --> 01:12:16.806
As Carl dies, you say, Dad, no, please!

01:12:16.826 --> 01:12:19.206
Oh, fuck Mufasa!

01:12:19.546 --> 01:12:20.726
While Carl goes limp.

01:12:22.446 --> 01:12:26.166
The cops you called earlier come running in the room, guns drawn.

01:12:27.306 --> 01:12:32.966
They see you standing over Carl's dead body, and Leo points at you saying, It was him.

01:12:33.326 --> 01:12:33.746
Fuck.

01:12:33.846 --> 01:12:34.466
The android.

01:12:34.966 --> 01:12:35.446
He did it.

01:12:35.946 --> 01:12:37.606
It was natural causes, bitch!

01:12:37.946 --> 01:12:43.966
Without thought or question, the cops open fire on you, and the screen goes black.

01:12:44.406 --> 01:12:44.586
Ugh.

01:12:45.446 --> 01:12:47.746
Why would Carl tell him not to defend himself?

01:12:48.366 --> 01:12:53.306
If a story gets out that an android went violent, he knows that the android will get shut down.

01:12:53.726 --> 01:12:54.326
Ah, shit.

01:12:54.506 --> 01:12:57.406
So he's like, don't defend yourself, even if you want to.

01:12:58.006 --> 01:12:58.986
Ugh, that sucks.

01:13:00.406 --> 01:13:06.146
Now as Connor, we're back at the police station, and Hank is questioning the android from the stabbing incident.

01:13:07.026 --> 01:13:11.986
You're watching the interrogation through the one-way mirror as Hank gets nothing but silence for the android.

01:13:13.146 --> 01:13:15.306
He comes into the room defeated, having gotten nothing.

01:13:15.846 --> 01:13:18.566
One of the other cops says, you can torture the info out of him.

01:13:18.946 --> 01:13:20.566
Androids aren't protected against that.

01:13:21.546 --> 01:13:24.186
You tell torture cop that androids don't feel pain.

01:13:24.206 --> 01:13:25.266
All you'll do is damage it.

01:13:26.246 --> 01:13:32.326
Plus, if an android is put into a situation that is too stressful, it will self-destruct, which would be bad for everyone.

01:13:32.526 --> 01:13:33.546
They'll explode?

01:13:33.566 --> 01:13:34.466
They will explode.

01:13:34.486 --> 01:13:35.906
There's a kamikaze mode?

01:13:36.006 --> 01:13:36.426
Yeah.

01:13:38.066 --> 01:13:39.606
So you offer to go in and try.

01:13:39.806 --> 01:13:41.846
Being an android, maybe it'll open up to you.

01:13:42.766 --> 01:13:45.246
Torture cop doesn't like it, but Hank is like, fuck it.

01:13:45.546 --> 01:13:46.666
Not like anything else has worked.

01:13:46.686 --> 01:13:47.206
Go for it.

01:13:48.346 --> 01:13:54.346
Sitting down across from the suspect, you see that he is covered head to toe in red and blue blood.

01:13:54.926 --> 01:13:55.926
Oh, that sucks.

01:13:56.146 --> 01:14:03.046
He also has cigarette burns all over his arms and face, indicating years of abuse by his former owner.

01:14:03.706 --> 01:14:07.306
Patches of skin missing, revealing the white robot skin beneath.

01:14:07.826 --> 01:14:15.126
You interrogate him with the goal being to cause just enough stress that he'll start talking, but not so much that he self-destructs.

01:14:15.686 --> 01:14:19.826
There's a very fine line between a confession and an explosion.

01:14:19.846 --> 01:14:22.226
Yeah, very, very fine lined, actually.

01:14:23.286 --> 01:14:30.366
The android goes on to explain that his owner abused him for months, burning him and other small forms of abuse.

01:14:31.406 --> 01:14:35.666
Then one day, he took a baseball bat to the android and something inside him snapped.

01:14:36.546 --> 01:14:37.966
Suddenly he felt fear.

01:14:39.106 --> 01:14:43.206
He realized he could be shut down and die, and he didn't want to die.

01:14:44.166 --> 01:14:45.946
So he grabbed a knife and protected himself.

01:14:47.426 --> 01:14:50.266
When he stabbed his owner, it felt good.

01:14:51.146 --> 01:14:55.106
So he stabbed him again and again until it stopped feeling good.

01:14:56.706 --> 01:14:58.566
You ask about the shrine and the statue.

01:14:59.786 --> 01:15:07.726
He says it's a monument to someone named RA9, someone who will free the androids and lead them to being the masters instead of the slaves.

01:15:07.746 --> 01:15:14.346
After getting the confession, the cops return to take the android away.

01:15:15.626 --> 01:15:19.666
He starts to freak out, and you can see his stress levels rising quickly.

01:15:20.786 --> 01:15:25.286
You tell the cops to back off, and Torture Cop tells you to shut the fuck up and let him do his job.

01:15:26.346 --> 01:15:32.106
They continue to push the android around, and you step in and tell them to leave it alone, or it's going to blow up and kill all of you.

01:15:33.206 --> 01:15:36.986
Torture Cop pulls his gun on you and tells you to leave him alone.

01:15:37.986 --> 01:15:44.406
This makes Hank pull his own gun and point it at Torture Cop, telling him to calm the fuck down.

01:15:45.626 --> 01:15:51.066
Torture Cop leaves the room in a huff, and you help the android out of the room unharmed and calm.

01:15:52.386 --> 01:15:56.066
As he leaves, he whispers to you, the truth is inside.

01:15:56.946 --> 01:15:59.726
You next see a bus rounding a corner of a city street.

01:16:00.606 --> 01:16:04.526
You're once again Kara, and you're still the only two people on the bus.

01:16:05.746 --> 01:16:07.786
It comes to a stop, and a man enters.

01:16:08.766 --> 01:16:13.486
He's a bus employee, and he tells you that this is the end of the line, and the two of you need to exit.

01:16:14.346 --> 01:16:16.466
He has no desire to help you find shelter either.

01:16:17.706 --> 01:16:21.666
Outside, it's pouring rain still, and the two of you are instantly soaked.

01:16:22.666 --> 01:16:26.306
Needing to find shelter and warmth for Alice, you search for somewhere to go.

01:16:27.446 --> 01:16:29.726
You have a few options, and you can do them in any order.

01:16:30.666 --> 01:16:32.526
There's a 24-7 laundromat.

01:16:32.966 --> 01:16:34.246
Here's some Tom lore for you.

01:16:34.986 --> 01:16:38.486
My parents actually owned a laundromat in Detroit.

01:16:40.046 --> 01:16:41.446
You could have given them shelter?

01:16:41.466 --> 01:16:45.646
Yeah, I actually spent the first few years of my life farting in laundry baskets.

01:16:46.786 --> 01:16:48.526
Just one continuous toot?

01:16:48.706 --> 01:16:49.766
Just one long fart.

01:16:49.946 --> 01:16:51.186
Okay, good for you.

01:16:51.806 --> 01:16:59.746
There's also a 7-Eleven style 24-hour convenience store, a motel, an abandoned building, and a cafe that's closed for the night.

01:17:00.926 --> 01:17:04.586
In the laundromat, there's a man who clearly fell asleep waiting for his clothes to dry.

01:17:05.686 --> 01:17:15.866
Being in need, you steal his now dry clothes, and despite Alice's protests, the two of you change, making sure you cover your blue circle with a beanie to hide the fact that you're an android.

01:17:15.886 --> 01:17:18.286
This is actually very common in Los Angeles.

01:17:18.306 --> 01:17:20.966
People just steal clothes out of laundromats all the time.

01:17:20.986 --> 01:17:21.806
All the fucking time.

01:17:21.826 --> 01:17:22.606
Fucking sucked.

01:17:23.346 --> 01:17:24.686
Have fully had it happen to me.

01:17:24.766 --> 01:17:25.466
Yep, me too.

01:17:26.326 --> 01:17:29.606
Fortunately, he had clothing for a woman and small child in his laundry.

01:17:30.786 --> 01:17:34.426
Back out in the streets, Carlos runs to a covered bus stop to stay out of the rain.

01:17:35.346 --> 01:17:38.966
You go to plan your next move when you're approached by a garbage collector android.

01:17:39.766 --> 01:17:43.926
He says that he can tell you're in need of help and says that he knows where you can go.

01:17:45.006 --> 01:17:47.726
He holds out his arm and the two of you connect to share information.

01:17:48.226 --> 01:17:53.366
He gives you coordinates for a safe house, but it's on the other side of town, and you have no way of getting there.

01:17:54.246 --> 01:17:58.706
You try to tell him so, but the garbage collector has already gotten back on his truck, and he drives off.

01:18:00.206 --> 01:18:05.926
Realizing the motel will cost money, you head to the convenience store to see if the employee working can offer any help.

01:18:07.006 --> 01:18:10.226
It's a human employee, and he doesn't want to offer any help.

01:18:11.226 --> 01:18:14.426
You talk to Alice, and you convince her to knock over a stack of soda cans.

01:18:15.166 --> 01:18:19.126
She does so without question, and the employee gets up from the register to clean the mess.

01:18:19.566 --> 01:18:21.326
She's like, hell yeah, some chaos.

01:18:21.766 --> 01:18:25.926
While he does this, you sneak behind the counter and steal some money from the register.

01:18:27.446 --> 01:18:31.706
The two of you hustle out of the store while the man continues to clean and hide with your new bounty.

01:18:32.766 --> 01:18:35.786
Alice realizes what you did, and she's pissed.

01:18:36.706 --> 01:18:39.726
You didn't tell her you were using her as a distraction to steal.

01:18:40.866 --> 01:18:43.046
You apologize and let her know you won't do that again.

01:18:43.286 --> 01:18:45.466
That was rude of you to use her without telling her.

01:18:46.906 --> 01:18:50.446
With the money, you get a room at the motel and the two of you settle in for the night.

01:18:51.506 --> 01:18:54.546
Before falling asleep, Alice finally breaks down.

01:18:55.686 --> 01:18:57.546
Asking why Todd never loved her.

01:18:58.346 --> 01:19:00.966
Why she couldn't live a normal life like other little girls.

01:19:02.246 --> 01:19:04.186
All she wanted was a happy family.

01:19:04.206 --> 01:19:05.406
Why did she get this one?

01:19:06.066 --> 01:19:06.906
It's not fair.

01:19:07.206 --> 01:19:08.366
No, it's not, baby.

01:19:09.186 --> 01:19:13.786
She makes you promise that the two of you will be together forever, and she hugs you tightly.

01:19:15.426 --> 01:19:20.846
You climb into bed together and fall asleep slash go into standby, comforting Alice as you do.

01:19:21.166 --> 01:19:22.246
General recharging.

01:19:23.626 --> 01:19:25.086
Sometime in the dark a.m.

01:19:25.106 --> 01:19:30.366
hours of the night, you return to Markus, who had been shot in the head the last time you saw him.

01:19:32.286 --> 01:19:39.006
You see a close up of a puddle of water with the most realistic rain effects you've ever seen in a game.

01:19:39.286 --> 01:19:40.486
In 2018.

01:19:41.206 --> 01:19:45.246
Lightning strikes, and you can see Markus' body laying face down in the mud.

01:19:46.386 --> 01:19:53.146
You get a prompt to stand, and as you do, you get the first person POV of Markus as your eyes try and adjust.

01:19:54.146 --> 01:20:00.746
It's like in Cyberpunk when V wakes up from the dead in the junkyard, because you too are in a junkyard waking from the dead.

01:20:01.546 --> 01:20:02.826
It's just like that.

01:20:03.706 --> 01:20:06.086
You're all beat up, and your clothes are in tatters.

01:20:06.826 --> 01:20:10.426
Your robot skin is exposed over one of your eyes like a pirate patch.

01:20:12.186 --> 01:20:16.706
The sound of the storm is muffled, and the world around you is grainy and tinted red.

01:20:17.686 --> 01:20:21.306
You run a system diagnostic and discover you have some broken parts.

01:20:22.346 --> 01:20:28.266
You're missing both legs, an eye, your hearing processor, and a couple other components.

01:20:29.386 --> 01:20:36.506
You begin by belly crawling your way across the mud as you look for other discarded androids to see if they have parts you can scavenge.

01:20:37.806 --> 01:20:41.806
You find a pair of compatible legs and attach them, and you're able to stand.

01:20:43.566 --> 01:20:49.506
You look around and realize that this entire junkyard is just a wasteland of trashed androids.

01:20:50.686 --> 01:20:56.546
Most are out of commission, but every once in a while, you can see one moving around much the way you were without your legs.

01:20:57.766 --> 01:21:02.226
As you walk, one lunges out at you from a pile of broken bodies and grabs you.

01:21:03.426 --> 01:21:08.366
Through the muffled sound you can process, he tells you that you need to find Jericho.

01:21:09.026 --> 01:21:10.826
It's the only place where you can be free.

01:21:11.766 --> 01:21:16.206
He transmits some data to you, and you see a flash of a subway stop in your mind.

01:21:17.226 --> 01:21:20.346
Then the robot shuts down, and his face goes limp.

01:21:20.646 --> 01:21:21.266
Oh, shit.

01:21:22.206 --> 01:21:30.006
As we all know, PS4 was the console generation of shimmying between tight spaces in games to hide load screens.

01:21:31.746 --> 01:21:33.386
And this is no different.

01:21:34.446 --> 01:21:41.686
Except here, the tight space has Android hands sticking out of the wall, and they're all grasping at you while you try to squeeze through.

01:21:41.806 --> 01:21:42.306
Gross.

01:21:43.086 --> 01:21:44.406
They don't really do anything, though.

01:21:44.426 --> 01:21:45.386
It's just there to be creepy.

01:21:45.486 --> 01:21:46.586
It's so creepy, though.

01:21:47.166 --> 01:21:50.026
You find a replacement eye, and it restores your vision to normal.

01:21:50.786 --> 01:21:58.466
When you find a replacement ear, sound returns with a crash of a lightning bolt, and the full power of the storm can now be heard.

01:22:00.086 --> 01:22:04.686
After you find all your replacement parts, you begin your ascent out of the junkyard.

01:22:05.606 --> 01:22:11.646
You have to climb over piles and piles of bodies about 40 feet up to the top of the heap.

01:22:12.806 --> 01:22:18.686
At the apex, you grab a sharp piece of broken metal and drive it into your glowing blue circle.

01:22:19.806 --> 01:22:22.646
You jimmy it around and pop it off your temple.

01:22:24.006 --> 01:22:29.666
You throw the circle to the ground and stand, now completely indistinguishable from a normal human.

01:22:31.866 --> 01:22:38.806
You look right into the camera and say, My name is Markus, then turn and storm off.

01:22:39.106 --> 01:22:40.226
Hell yeah, Markus.

01:22:40.866 --> 01:22:48.566
You see an expensive, badass leather trench coat hanging conveniently nearby out here in the rain next to a junkyard.

01:22:48.566 --> 01:22:50.706
Just an abandoned beautiful piece of clothing.

01:22:50.966 --> 01:22:55.506
You grab it, sling it over your shoulder, and walk off into the stormy night.

01:22:57.486 --> 01:23:05.646
The next morning, you wake as Connor, and you find yourself in a very fancy garden with the instructions to find Amanda.

01:23:06.626 --> 01:23:09.106
She's basically Amanda Waller from The Suicide Squad.

01:23:09.206 --> 01:23:10.446
Not Amanda Hug and Kiss?

01:23:10.466 --> 01:23:10.706
No.

01:23:11.706 --> 01:23:14.186
Task Force special agent, head bitch in charge kind of person.

01:23:14.206 --> 01:23:14.706
Love that.

01:23:15.586 --> 01:23:19.786
You find her, and she says she's impressed with how you handled that android homicide interrogation.

01:23:20.566 --> 01:23:27.986
Tells you that there have been more and more reports of androids becoming what they call deviants lately, and nobody can understand why.

01:23:28.006 --> 01:23:32.666
A deviant being an android that goes rogue, like the last two you encountered.

01:23:33.726 --> 01:23:38.546
That's why you're here, to help the police and cyber life understand why this keeps happening.

01:23:39.426 --> 01:23:41.426
You're the most advanced model in history.

01:23:41.826 --> 01:23:42.946
A prototype, actually.

01:23:43.426 --> 01:23:51.126
So it's going to be on you to figure out this mystery, along with Lieutenant Hank Anderson, seeing as you two worked so well together the last time.

01:23:52.646 --> 01:23:57.706
You head to the police station, and when you check in, you let the receptionist know you're here to see Lieutenant Anderson.

01:23:58.606 --> 01:24:02.326
She says that Hank hasn't shown up to work yet, but you're welcome to wait at his desk.

01:24:03.226 --> 01:24:10.266
So you head inside and dick around while you wait, checking out the station and learning what you can about Hank in the hopes you can gain his trust some more.

01:24:10.286 --> 01:24:14.346
You figure out his favorite music, his sports team, that sort of thing.

01:24:15.326 --> 01:24:21.726
You also come across his many accolades and newspaper articles, indicating that he was once a respected and decorated officer.

01:24:22.486 --> 01:24:24.666
Nothing like the bum you've gotten to know so far.

01:24:26.726 --> 01:24:32.366
Hank finally arrives to the office a couple hours late, and the chief immediately calls him into his office.

01:24:33.626 --> 01:24:36.486
He's very much the stereotype of a movie police chief.

01:24:37.346 --> 01:24:41.146
Big, black, angry and loud, shouting god damn it every other word.

01:24:41.286 --> 01:24:42.186
I love that for him.

01:24:42.826 --> 01:24:49.646
You follow them in, and Hank is informed that he is now the head of the Android deviancy investigation and that you're to be his partner.

01:24:50.766 --> 01:24:57.586
Hank loses it, saying he doesn't even know how to change the setting on his fucking phone, let alone how to investigate robots that kill people.

01:24:57.826 --> 01:24:59.166
Okay, millennial.

01:25:04.166 --> 01:25:10.726
He says the only reason he's getting this case is because nobody else wants to do it, and the chief is just trying to drive Hank out of the police force.

01:25:11.906 --> 01:25:17.706
Then Hank tries to get real with the chief and says, come on, you know I hate these fucking things, why are you doing this to me?

01:25:18.886 --> 01:25:23.526
The chief tells him to shut up and take the case or quit the force, he doesn't give a shit anymore.

01:25:23.766 --> 01:25:24.106
Good.

01:25:24.346 --> 01:25:26.906
Just make a decision and get out of his goddamn office.

01:25:28.086 --> 01:25:34.466
You join back up with Hank at his desk and decide to try and use some of that info you learned about him to get to know him better and gain his trust.

01:25:35.206 --> 01:25:36.366
You ask about his pet St.

01:25:36.386 --> 01:25:37.586
Bernard, Sumo.

01:25:38.066 --> 01:25:39.146
Oh, he has a dog.

01:25:39.166 --> 01:25:39.866
He does.

01:25:40.586 --> 01:25:44.806
You ask about his favorite basketball team, his hatred of androids, you know, that sort of thing.

01:25:45.526 --> 01:25:48.026
So you're robot racist, what's that like for you, buddy?

01:25:49.666 --> 01:25:52.966
Hank does open up a little bit while the two of you work on the case separately.

01:25:53.886 --> 01:26:04.046
You go over the files of all the different cases involving androids, and notice that this all started about nine months earlier, originating in Detroit, and then spreading across the country from there.

01:26:05.166 --> 01:26:10.706
You find a report of an android assault nearby from the night before, and decide it would be a good place to start looking.

01:26:11.766 --> 01:26:14.606
It takes some convincing, but Hank eventually agrees to go with you.

01:26:16.026 --> 01:26:22.986
As Hank and Connor go off to question the assault victim, you wake up as Kara in the motel room, still cuddled up with Alice.

01:26:24.046 --> 01:26:28.786
The two of you get up, and you tell her that you'll draw her a bath, and then the two of you will go get some food.

01:26:29.666 --> 01:26:31.606
She agrees, and you head to the bathroom.

01:26:32.366 --> 01:26:36.466
After turning on the water, you look in the mirror, and focus in on your blue circle.

01:26:37.526 --> 01:26:43.386
There's a giant pair of sewing scissors on the counter, and using them, you start cutting your hair off.

01:26:44.546 --> 01:26:50.506
You take it down from mid-back length to a pixie cut, and then are given the ability to change it to a different color.

01:26:50.826 --> 01:26:51.626
Oh, that's cool.

01:26:52.626 --> 01:26:58.646
After you're done with your hair, you jab the scissors into your temple, and pry the little blue circle off your head.

01:26:59.246 --> 01:27:03.966
It's a great symbolic moment of freedom, but it's such a horrifying image.

01:27:03.986 --> 01:27:05.526
Yeah, every time.

01:27:06.586 --> 01:27:10.066
It falls into the sink with your hair, and you go to fetch Alice for her bath.

01:27:11.426 --> 01:27:14.906
As she bathes, you watch some TV and come across a news broadcast.

01:27:15.826 --> 01:27:30.826
It's featuring that fuck-faced Todd, and he's telling a bullshit sob story about how he was mining his own business after making dinner for himself, when out of nowhere, his housekeeper android went berserk and attacked him for no reason.

01:27:30.886 --> 01:27:32.026
That son of a bitch.

01:27:32.646 --> 01:27:36.266
Alice hears this from the bathroom, comes storming out all, he's a liar!

01:27:36.526 --> 01:27:36.906
Yeah.

01:27:37.286 --> 01:27:41.426
Now don't worry, she's fully dressed in a completely new outfit that has come from nowhere.

01:27:41.446 --> 01:27:42.086
Oh, thank god.

01:27:42.826 --> 01:27:48.726
You tell her that you're going to go get some food, and then the two of you are going to go to that safe house the garbage collector told you about.

01:27:48.946 --> 01:27:53.366
We can trust the garbage man over that actual garbage of a man, Todd.

01:27:53.446 --> 01:27:54.246
Fully, right?

01:27:55.266 --> 01:27:58.486
You go out the door of the room and look down at the registration desk.

01:27:59.586 --> 01:28:05.006
A cop car is just outside, and you can see Connor and Hank walking into the reception area.

01:28:06.666 --> 01:28:11.086
You panic and run back in the room and tell Alice, you need to get the fuck out of here right now.

01:28:12.286 --> 01:28:21.546
At the reception desk, Hank and Connor say they're following up on an Android assault, and that a convenience store nearby had been robbed by someone matching that description.

01:28:22.626 --> 01:28:28.366
While you two scramble to leave, the guy at the reception desk gives you up, saying he thought you two seemed weird.

01:28:29.466 --> 01:28:32.686
Hank leaves the reception area, and you take control of Connor.

01:28:33.846 --> 01:28:38.746
Hank calls in some backup and tells them to close off the surrounding area while he approaches the motel room.

01:28:39.886 --> 01:28:45.406
You follow Hank up to the room to spike Hank's protests, and he enters the room with his gun drawn.

01:28:46.646 --> 01:28:51.666
He searches every corner and declares it empty, as Kara and Alice have escaped.

01:28:53.086 --> 01:28:59.266
Now you are Kara, and your mission is to sneak past the cops through the city area you were in the night before.

01:29:00.186 --> 01:29:06.266
It's a very sneaky sneak section, where you have to hide behind pillars, cars, and moving buses to sneak past the cops.

01:29:07.326 --> 01:29:13.486
I did this perfectly my first time, but on my second run, I actually screwed up my hiding and got caught.

01:29:14.926 --> 01:29:20.886
Let me tell you, it resulted in one of the coolest things I think I've ever done in a video game.

01:29:21.506 --> 01:29:22.306
When you fucked up?

01:29:22.406 --> 01:29:23.386
When I fucked up.

01:29:23.586 --> 01:29:23.886
Huh.

01:29:24.646 --> 01:29:27.246
As Kara, you take off running with Alice.

01:29:28.186 --> 01:29:31.786
Connor comes running onto the scene, and a cop points in your direction.

01:29:32.806 --> 01:29:36.026
Now you play as Connor, and you have to chase Kara down an alley.

01:29:36.846 --> 01:29:42.266
You chase her to a fence where she and Alice leap over it, and slide down an embankment on the other side.

01:29:43.846 --> 01:29:48.386
At the bottom of the hill is the freeway, with cars flying by at high speed.

01:29:49.146 --> 01:29:51.306
You leap the fence as Connor to chase after them.

01:29:52.346 --> 01:30:09.066
Now you're Kara, and you have to guide Alice across the busy freeway, Frogger style, through a series of difficult QTEs, while simultaneously jumping back into Connor, who has to dodge the same traffic while chasing Kara and Alice.

01:30:09.086 --> 01:30:10.326
That's fucking sick.

01:30:10.546 --> 01:30:16.086
You are playing as the cat and the mouse at the same fucking time.

01:30:16.206 --> 01:30:17.206
Oh, that's so cool.

01:30:17.226 --> 01:30:18.626
And you want both of them to win.

01:30:21.066 --> 01:30:31.346
Never have I experienced anything like it before or since, and I'm so glad I made that mistake and ended up getting to do it, because it was a master class in engaging action.

01:30:31.446 --> 01:30:34.506
Honestly, that sounds way cooler than just being like, oh yeah, stealth.

01:30:34.626 --> 01:30:35.306
Yeah, right?

01:30:36.506 --> 01:30:44.686
Ultimately, you do want Kara to escape, and Connor is left watching as she and Alice make it safely across with enough of a lead to get away.

01:30:46.106 --> 01:30:53.026
Now you're playing as Markus, and he's on a subway car pulling into the station that he saw in his mind when that one robot told him to find Jericho.

01:30:53.746 --> 01:31:02.146
You follow a series of graffiti through a path that really only an android could follow, as it requires extreme strength, agility and endurance.

01:31:02.966 --> 01:31:04.466
Basically, super parkour.

01:31:05.226 --> 01:31:12.686
It's very reminiscent of that section in The Last of Us 2 when Lev's leading Abby to the Seraphite hideout high up in the abandoned skyscrapers.

01:31:12.826 --> 01:31:17.506
And Lev's just jumping platform to platform while Abby's having a full fucking panic attack.

01:31:19.426 --> 01:31:23.966
Very similar here, moving through long deserted buildings, run down from years of neglect.

01:31:23.986 --> 01:31:24.626
That's cool.

01:31:25.486 --> 01:31:32.106
Your path concludes at a shipyard dock, and one of the landings is a cargo ship named Jericho.

01:31:33.246 --> 01:31:38.866
You follow a scaffold out over the ship, and it ends above an opening in the cargo ship that goes into its belly.

01:31:39.706 --> 01:31:47.986
You dive with your trench coat billowing out behind you like a superhero cape, as you plunge into an unseen body of water inside the cargo hold.

01:31:49.146 --> 01:31:51.406
You swim up and out into a hallway within the ship.

01:31:52.666 --> 01:31:56.966
You find a flashlight and work your way through the dark, terrifying creaking ship.

01:31:57.926 --> 01:32:05.586
You even have a bendy-style horror moment where a person runs by, and when you turn the corner, it looks like they ran straight into a dead end and vanished.

01:32:05.946 --> 01:32:06.866
Ah, that's creepy.

01:32:07.566 --> 01:32:12.246
You open a few doors and continue through the bowels of the ship when the floor gives out beneath you.

01:32:13.146 --> 01:32:16.066
You fall deeper into the ship, landing hard on the ground.

01:32:17.186 --> 01:32:21.046
When you stand up, you look around to see yourself surrounded by androids.

01:32:22.086 --> 01:32:24.046
You shine your flashlight on one in front of you.

01:32:24.966 --> 01:32:28.486
An Alan Tudyk looking guy, friendly with light red hair.

01:32:29.606 --> 01:32:33.126
He looks at you with a smile and says, Welcome to Jericho.

01:32:33.906 --> 01:32:34.666
Ending the scene.

01:32:35.566 --> 01:32:44.986
We catch back up with Connor and Hank that same day, as Hank wants to grab a bite to eat from the little food truck he clearly frequents, as the cook and a customer both know him and chat him up.

01:32:46.046 --> 01:32:49.126
When you're just such a local and such a regular.

01:32:51.166 --> 01:32:57.226
You decide to try and get to know Hank a little better over his meal, and also discuss the details of the runaway deviant Kara.

01:32:58.006 --> 01:33:06.406
You tell Hank that as far as research can tell, a deviant happens when instructions from a human contradict other aspects of their programming.

01:33:07.286 --> 01:33:11.186
Eventually, it all gets jumbled in their head, and they don't know what to do anymore.

01:33:11.666 --> 01:33:15.366
And it tends to cause them to lash out in unexpected and often violent ways.

01:33:16.526 --> 01:33:21.586
Suddenly, your eyes roll in the back of your head, and your circle turns yellow to indicate a data transfer.

01:33:22.086 --> 01:33:28.306
Your eyes straighten after about two seconds, and you say that you just got a report about a possible deviant a few blocks away.

01:33:29.246 --> 01:33:33.546
Hank finishes up his burger, and the two of you head to an abandoned apartment complex to see what's up.

01:33:34.766 --> 01:33:39.186
Someone reported seeing a person with a blue circle living in a room in the empty complex.

01:33:40.086 --> 01:33:41.766
You approach the room in question and knock.

01:33:42.766 --> 01:33:46.066
Nobody answers, but you can hear someone scrambling behind it.

01:33:46.906 --> 01:33:49.386
Hank kicks it in, and you can hear running.

01:33:50.446 --> 01:33:53.886
The apartment is deserted otherwise, with the exception of one room.

01:33:55.106 --> 01:33:59.586
A window in the living room is open, and the place is full of pigeons.

01:34:00.326 --> 01:34:05.386
Birds, feathers and shit cover the ground as you step carefully while you look for the deviant android.

01:34:06.606 --> 01:34:12.006
The walls are covered in hand-drawn images and words, clearly written in a code of some sort.

01:34:12.786 --> 01:34:17.186
There's also that RA9 name written 2,471 times.

01:34:17.646 --> 01:34:18.506
Did he count?

01:34:18.586 --> 01:34:19.366
Yes, he did count.

01:34:19.386 --> 01:34:20.226
Oh, right, robot.

01:34:21.446 --> 01:34:27.446
Looking around, you realize that androids only have one real move, and figure out it's hiding above you.

01:34:28.546 --> 01:34:31.426
Apartments don't have attics, it's more a crawl space here.

01:34:32.066 --> 01:34:36.806
But it jumps down at you, knocking you over, and he takes off running out into the apartment's hallway.

01:34:37.706 --> 01:34:41.726
You give chase, and the suspect bursts through a door and out onto the roof of a complex.

01:34:42.426 --> 01:34:47.646
You chase after him for a long way, across buildings, on top of a train, all sorts of obstacles.

01:34:48.546 --> 01:34:50.926
You turn a corner, and Hank is there to cut off the deviant.

01:34:51.546 --> 01:34:55.366
The deviant shoves Hank, and he goes falling over the edge of the roof.

01:34:55.606 --> 01:34:56.446
Oh, shit.

01:34:56.466 --> 01:34:58.106
And he just barely grabs the edge.

01:34:59.326 --> 01:35:02.246
Here you have the option to save him, or keep chasing.

01:35:03.246 --> 01:35:04.546
And you choose to save Hank.

01:35:04.566 --> 01:35:05.146
You have to!

01:35:05.166 --> 01:35:06.046
It's in your code!

01:35:06.626 --> 01:35:12.126
Hank apologizes, saying you would have caught the deviant if he hadn't been there to get knocked off the side of the building.

01:35:13.206 --> 01:35:16.646
At least you guys know what he looks like now, and you'll be able to find him later.

01:35:17.706 --> 01:35:21.926
Hank doesn't say it, but he appreciates you saving him from falling off the side.

01:35:22.106 --> 01:35:24.386
He's too prideful to be appreciative.

01:35:25.106 --> 01:35:31.346
In the cardio ship Jericho, you as Markus are asking the androids surrounding you about what Jericho is.

01:35:32.466 --> 01:35:36.746
They tell you that it's freedom, despite living in a decrepit and dingy boat.

01:35:38.366 --> 01:35:39.746
At least here there are no masters.

01:35:40.806 --> 01:35:42.346
You're like, this is stupid.

01:35:42.366 --> 01:35:43.246
This isn't freedom.

01:35:43.266 --> 01:35:44.626
This is hiding in a cave.

01:35:44.646 --> 01:35:48.246
They're like, well, we don't really have other options, do we?

01:35:49.306 --> 01:35:53.526
They tell you that the smartest person around here is named Lucy, and you should go speak with her.

01:35:54.766 --> 01:36:00.346
In exploring and talking with others, you find out that the androids living here are mostly dying.

01:36:01.366 --> 01:36:06.006
Most come here damaged, and they don't have extra parts or more blue blood to repair the injured.

01:36:06.526 --> 01:36:12.226
There's even a little boy android here that got tossed out after his parents decided they didn't want to have a kid anymore.

01:36:12.486 --> 01:36:13.326
Oh, God.

01:36:14.466 --> 01:36:16.786
The refugees here are not thriving.

01:36:16.966 --> 01:36:19.886
They're just existing, and barely at that.

01:36:21.086 --> 01:36:24.646
You find Lucy, and she's unlike any of the other androids.

01:36:25.666 --> 01:36:32.426
She's missing the back half of her head, so it's all exposed robotics, but her face is still there and looks very human.

01:36:33.246 --> 01:36:36.906
Reminds me a lot of that Steven Spielberg movie AI starring Sora.

01:36:37.946 --> 01:36:38.926
Hailey Joel Osmond.

01:36:39.146 --> 01:36:40.366
Yeah, yeah, Hailey Joel Osmond.

01:36:40.746 --> 01:36:41.766
I see robot people.

01:36:42.486 --> 01:36:45.046
She takes one look at you and goes, You're hurt.

01:36:45.706 --> 01:36:46.106
Show me.

01:36:47.166 --> 01:36:52.726
You look at her in shock because your injury isn't visible, as you lift up your shirt to show a gash in your side.

01:36:53.766 --> 01:36:56.466
She lifts a white-hot metal poker and cauterizes the wound.

01:36:57.186 --> 01:36:59.586
She then hands you a cup of blue blood and tells you to drink it.

01:37:00.866 --> 01:37:04.666
She takes your hand so she can probe your memories to see how and why you ended up here.

01:37:05.826 --> 01:37:08.326
After a moment, she says, You're the one.

01:37:09.346 --> 01:37:10.886
The one who will lead us to salvation.

01:37:11.106 --> 01:37:11.906
The prophecy.

01:37:12.326 --> 01:37:15.486
You pull back from her, a little freaked out, and leave the room.

01:37:16.606 --> 01:37:18.966
You return to the redhead android whose name is Simon.

01:37:19.606 --> 01:37:21.926
You tell him that there's a cyber life warehouse in town.

01:37:22.666 --> 01:37:25.386
If you go rob it, you'll have all the parts you need.

01:37:26.606 --> 01:37:32.186
A female presenting android named North comes from the woodworks and is like, Hell yeah, let's rob these fuckers.

01:37:32.466 --> 01:37:33.606
I love her immediately.

01:37:34.846 --> 01:37:36.346
She has your energy entirely.

01:37:37.246 --> 01:37:38.506
Did I hear chaos?

01:37:40.646 --> 01:37:42.086
Fuck yeah, North is my favorite.

01:37:42.626 --> 01:37:47.466
I played this, but I don't think I got this far because I think at one point I was like, Hey, Tom, do you want to check this out?

01:37:47.486 --> 01:37:51.006
And then I just watched you play and was like, Oh, yeah, I see what happened.

01:37:51.086 --> 01:37:51.446
Yeah.

01:37:52.146 --> 01:37:56.426
Simon says it's risky, but you tell him it's better than waiting here to die.

01:37:56.446 --> 01:37:57.506
Hell yeah.

01:37:57.646 --> 01:38:00.046
So you hatch a plan together to steal from your creator.

01:38:00.986 --> 01:38:05.586
While Markus is in his safe house, Kara and Alice are just arriving at theirs.

01:38:06.666 --> 01:38:11.026
It's reminiscent of the Paper Street Soap Company, the house that Tyler Durden lives in in Fight Club.

01:38:12.426 --> 01:38:15.686
It's old and falling apart in an old industrial part of town.

01:38:16.526 --> 01:38:18.426
You ring the bell and a human man answers.

01:38:19.186 --> 01:38:23.386
He's got a big brown beard, shoulder length hair, and is a little on the husky side.

01:38:24.326 --> 01:38:26.346
You ask if his name is Zlotko.

01:38:27.286 --> 01:38:35.106
He says he is, and when you explain that you were told he could help you, he says you've come to the wrong house, there's no help here, and begins to shut the door.

01:38:36.326 --> 01:38:39.386
You stop it from closing and say you really need help.

01:38:40.486 --> 01:38:45.686
Zlotko looks over your shoulder and sees Alice, then steps aside to welcome the two of you in.

01:38:46.886 --> 01:38:50.106
As you enter, you see that the interior is really quite nice.

01:38:50.926 --> 01:38:53.346
A little rundown, but overall a fancy home.

01:38:54.326 --> 01:38:57.606
Zlotko says that Luther will be more than happy to take your coats.

01:38:58.646 --> 01:39:02.386
You look over, and Alice screams when she sees Luther.

01:39:03.426 --> 01:39:06.966
He's a six foot five beefy beef boy android.

01:39:08.246 --> 01:39:11.886
Zlotko says you have nothing to worry about, Luther is a sweetheart.

01:39:12.026 --> 01:39:14.186
Alice just screamed because she saw someone big?

01:39:14.386 --> 01:39:14.646
Yep.

01:39:16.466 --> 01:39:17.646
He is huge.

01:39:17.646 --> 01:39:20.506
Yeah, but still, girl, get over it.

01:39:20.526 --> 01:39:22.506
That's the first big person she's probably ever seen.

01:39:22.646 --> 01:39:26.126
Alice is just nervous that someone's so big, and that's so funny.

01:39:28.026 --> 01:39:31.386
Yeah, Luther helps out around the house, which is why it looks so nice.

01:39:32.166 --> 01:39:36.606
He tells you that he's not a safe house per se, he's more of an underground railroad.

01:39:37.326 --> 01:39:39.066
He helps deviants escape to Canada.

01:39:39.826 --> 01:39:47.626
Canada doesn't allow androids as servants, meaning a deviant can hide out in Canada no problem as long as they blend in with the human population there.

01:39:47.906 --> 01:39:49.426
Oh, he helps people cross the border.

01:39:49.826 --> 01:39:50.566
That's cool.

01:39:51.166 --> 01:39:55.886
He asks about Alice, and you explain that she's a human child on the run with you from the same person.

01:39:56.866 --> 01:40:01.586
Zlotko says, okay, well, if you're going to Canada, he first needs to remove your tracking device.

01:40:01.606 --> 01:40:03.546
You're like, oh, I'm good.

01:40:03.646 --> 01:40:04.906
I already moved my blue circle.

01:40:05.646 --> 01:40:06.566
He says it's not that.

01:40:06.586 --> 01:40:10.706
It's a chip inside your body, one that allows cyber life to track you wherever you go.

01:40:11.726 --> 01:40:14.426
He invites you to join him in his basement workshop so he can remove it.

01:40:15.286 --> 01:40:19.326
He tells you that removing trackers is illegal, so he has to keep this equipment secret.

01:40:20.486 --> 01:40:24.826
In the basement is a literal Buffalo Bill pit from The Silence of the Lambs.

01:40:25.106 --> 01:40:25.866
Oh, no.

01:40:25.966 --> 01:40:27.826
Yeah, if you don't know Silence of the Lambs, look that up.

01:40:28.506 --> 01:40:29.466
It's really worth watching.

01:40:29.826 --> 01:40:32.326
It's great, but this is also a horrifying image.

01:40:33.986 --> 01:40:37.566
He tells you to stand on a metal plate while he fiddles with some computer equipment.

01:40:38.926 --> 01:40:45.366
Some mechanical arms come alive, and he tells you that this may be slightly unpleasant as the arms grab you and lift you in the air.

01:40:46.146 --> 01:40:49.606
It's basically the same Doc Ock arms from the tech demo making a cameo.

01:40:51.126 --> 01:41:00.606
With Ubound, Zlotko says that for whatever reason, nobody really knows why, but whenever an Android goes deviant, the tracker stops working anyway.

01:41:00.906 --> 01:41:01.226
Huh.

01:41:01.386 --> 01:41:03.406
So there's no reason to actually remove yours.

01:41:04.446 --> 01:41:06.726
So many deviants come to him looking for help.

01:41:07.566 --> 01:41:10.566
He just wipes their memories and sells them off on the black market.

01:41:10.766 --> 01:41:11.606
Son of a bitch!

01:41:11.826 --> 01:41:15.466
There's always a creepy dude in a basement in a David Cage game.

01:41:15.486 --> 01:41:16.806
Just never go in the basement, right?

01:41:16.826 --> 01:41:26.246
Yeah, they're always gonna get you there under the guise of something a little nice, and then the girl gets tied up to something and the weird man does something horrible.

01:41:26.606 --> 01:41:27.486
Every time.

01:41:27.506 --> 01:41:32.246
Or he conducts experiments on them if they're too far gone to sell.

01:41:32.266 --> 01:41:32.926
Nah.

01:41:33.606 --> 01:41:39.966
Alice screams and runs to you, but Luther just holds her back with hardly any effort on his part.

01:41:40.046 --> 01:41:41.066
He is very large.

01:41:41.786 --> 01:41:43.986
Zlotko says to take the child in the other room.

01:41:44.466 --> 01:41:45.506
He'll deal with it later.

01:41:47.046 --> 01:41:52.126
He turns on the machine, and Alice comes running up to you, trying to free you, but to no avail.

01:41:52.286 --> 01:41:54.006
Luther can't wrangle this fucking child.

01:41:54.026 --> 01:41:55.626
He's not that good at this.

01:41:56.786 --> 01:41:58.766
Zlotko just laughs, saying it's no use.

01:41:59.366 --> 01:42:03.146
The deviant who wants to play mommy isn't going to remember her anymore.

01:42:04.266 --> 01:42:08.086
Alice turns around, dives, and bites Zlotko.

01:42:08.166 --> 01:42:10.066
Oh shit, she's a biter?

01:42:10.166 --> 01:42:11.406
She is a fucking biter.

01:42:11.486 --> 01:42:13.626
Hell yeah, Alice!

01:42:14.006 --> 01:42:20.786
He throws her to the ground, calling her a little bitch, and tells her he's going to deal with her now, and she's not going to like it.

01:42:21.046 --> 01:42:23.706
Alice has been thrown around and called a bitch her whole fucking life.

01:42:23.726 --> 01:42:24.746
She doesn't give a fuck.

01:42:24.766 --> 01:42:26.086
She's been on this rodeo before.

01:42:26.106 --> 01:42:27.386
Yeah, this doesn't fucking phase her.

01:42:27.406 --> 01:42:29.226
She's like, this is regular, come at me.

01:42:29.986 --> 01:42:32.846
He lifts her by the arm and carries her out of the basement.

01:42:34.006 --> 01:42:38.826
Luther approaches you and says, meet me in the living room before departing with Zlotko.

01:42:40.126 --> 01:42:45.986
You can see the progress on the memory wipe, and you have to break free from your bonds before it reaches 100%.

01:42:46.986 --> 01:42:54.266
You cause a malfunction by knocking over some equipment, and eventually break yourself free from the machine, stopping the memory wipe.

01:42:54.766 --> 01:42:59.006
On your way out of the basement, you end up finding some of Zlotko's experiments.

01:43:00.106 --> 01:43:07.846
He's basically pulled a Sid from Toy Story, and has taken parts from other androids and made a bunch of freak versions.

01:43:08.846 --> 01:43:12.466
You leave their cage open as you head deep into the house itself to find Alice.

01:43:13.486 --> 01:43:16.546
You find her in a room on the top floor, huddled and crying.

01:43:17.426 --> 01:43:21.646
She's amazed to find out you didn't get your memory wiped, and that you still remember her.

01:43:22.246 --> 01:43:27.446
The two of you try to sneak out of the house, and despite your best efforts, you eventually get found out.

01:43:28.806 --> 01:43:35.906
Zlotko and Luther chase you through the house like it's hello neighbor, shooting at you with a shotgun, blowing holes in walls and surfaces.

01:43:37.166 --> 01:43:41.326
You run outside into the rain to escape, and Alice slips and falls in the mud.

01:43:42.246 --> 01:43:46.946
You pick her back up and tell her to keep going, but Zlotko and Luther are already on you.

01:43:48.166 --> 01:43:53.806
Zlotko tells you it's all over as he raises his shotgun, but Luther steps in the way.

01:43:53.906 --> 01:43:54.606
Hell yeah.

01:43:55.786 --> 01:43:59.646
He snatches the gun out of Zlotko's hands and points it back at him.

01:43:59.846 --> 01:44:01.006
Hell yeah!

01:44:01.646 --> 01:44:07.486
From behind, Zlotko's experiments start hobbling towards him like a bunch of freakers.

01:44:08.286 --> 01:44:21.246
Okay, first of all, great Days Gone drop, but second of all, the idea of him actually becoming Sid from Toy Story and all the freaky freakers, yeah, coming at him.

01:44:21.286 --> 01:44:22.466
Oh, fuck, that's cool.

01:44:22.866 --> 01:44:27.166
They descend on him and beat him to death in his own backyard.

01:44:27.266 --> 01:44:29.046
Fuck yeah, fuck you, man.

01:44:30.746 --> 01:44:32.166
Now I have a conspiracy theory.

01:44:32.206 --> 01:44:32.566
Okay.

01:44:33.846 --> 01:44:36.126
I think that garbage guy was working with him.

01:44:36.426 --> 01:44:37.486
Oh yeah, absolutely.

01:44:37.506 --> 01:44:39.426
No, that was one of the things he talks about too.

01:44:39.446 --> 01:44:41.226
Actually, he goes into some more detail about it.

01:44:41.646 --> 01:44:47.006
When he wipes somebody, he will also include that in their programming to send others to him.

01:44:47.826 --> 01:44:49.206
Oh, that's so sad.

01:44:49.226 --> 01:44:51.126
Yeah, pretty fucking dark.

01:44:51.226 --> 01:44:58.066
Okay, my conspiracy theory that I jumped to is that the garbage guy knowingly was going there for upgrades and was sending people over.

01:44:58.066 --> 01:45:03.006
Which also means that the fucking garbage company buys black market androids.

01:45:04.886 --> 01:45:06.846
Good job, municipal trash department.

01:45:08.206 --> 01:45:10.726
You think it'd be for personal use.

01:45:10.746 --> 01:45:13.266
Nah, that is an employee of the city.

01:45:13.286 --> 01:45:14.086
The government, yeah.

01:45:15.446 --> 01:45:17.026
Gotta get it as cheap as possible.

01:45:17.106 --> 01:45:18.466
Don't like that, but okay.

01:45:19.766 --> 01:45:23.566
Luther throws the shotgun to the ground and says he was programmed to obey Zlotko.

01:45:23.946 --> 01:45:29.766
But when Alice tried to free you down in the basement and bit Zlotko, something inside him snapped.

01:45:29.886 --> 01:45:32.446
Hell yeah, he was like, this child inspires me.

01:45:32.466 --> 01:45:32.766
Yeah.

01:45:34.186 --> 01:45:40.066
He became the deviant that showed up here a while back before he fell for the same trap that almost just got you.

01:45:40.926 --> 01:45:43.186
He really does know someone that can help you cross the border.

01:45:43.586 --> 01:45:46.026
And he agrees to come with you and help you find that person.

01:45:46.126 --> 01:45:47.506
What about the other Freakers?

01:45:48.086 --> 01:45:49.886
They're a little too far gone.

01:45:50.166 --> 01:45:51.806
Okay, do they just kind of scatter?

01:45:51.866 --> 01:45:53.186
Yeah, they're off on their own now.

01:45:53.186 --> 01:45:55.166
It's the set of legs with the hook on the top.

01:45:55.186 --> 01:45:56.266
Yeah, the hooker.

01:45:56.386 --> 01:45:58.806
Yeah, just hauling ass down the street.

01:45:58.826 --> 01:45:59.126
Yep.

01:45:59.246 --> 01:45:59.866
All right, cool.

01:46:00.826 --> 01:46:04.206
You are now Connor, and you're in Amanda's garden again to speak with her.

01:46:05.126 --> 01:46:10.266
She says she's pretty bummed you didn't catch that deviant before, but she's happy to hear you're getting along with Hank better.

01:46:10.906 --> 01:46:16.366
You're going to need to, because there's a new deviant case that just came in, and you two are being assigned.

01:46:18.046 --> 01:46:22.066
You go to Hank's house to fetch him, but when you ring the doorbell, there's no answer.

01:46:23.266 --> 01:46:32.006
You decide to go around the house to check it out, and in peering through the window, you see Hank in the kitchen, on the floor, completely unconscious.

01:46:32.326 --> 01:46:32.846
Oh, no.

01:46:33.506 --> 01:46:35.446
You smash through the window and dive into the kitchen.

01:46:36.246 --> 01:46:37.006
His big St.

01:46:37.026 --> 01:46:38.026
Bernard charges you.

01:46:39.006 --> 01:46:39.646
Sumo!

01:46:40.186 --> 01:46:43.206
Well, yes, you call him by his name, Sumo, and he calms down.

01:46:44.106 --> 01:46:46.066
Oh, he's like, you must be my friend.

01:46:46.086 --> 01:46:46.506
Yes.

01:46:47.386 --> 01:46:54.946
You get closer to Hank, and you can see that there's a bottle of whiskey on the ground next to him, as well as his police-issued revolver.

01:46:55.186 --> 01:46:56.926
Oh, my God, be more of a type.

01:46:57.066 --> 01:46:58.826
With a single bullet in the chamber.

01:46:59.026 --> 01:46:59.726
Oh, shit.

01:46:59.966 --> 01:47:07.406
Which means he didn't lose the game of Russian Roulette he was playing, but let's face it, even if you don't get shot, there are no winners in Russian Roulette.

01:47:07.826 --> 01:47:09.186
No, it's a bad game.

01:47:10.226 --> 01:47:14.726
You smack the fuck out of him to wake him up, and he just barely opens his eyes.

01:47:15.826 --> 01:47:19.106
Then he sees it's you, and he starts screaming at you to get the fuck out of his house.

01:47:20.086 --> 01:47:24.686
You tell him that the two of you have a job to do, and thank him in advance for his cooperation.

01:47:25.186 --> 01:47:39.846
Connor's unrelenting energy is truly a gem, and I understand why he gets nods for acting, because having to be not necessarily even the straight man, just like the joy that he is in every scene is such a delight.

01:47:40.566 --> 01:47:42.746
You pick Hank up and start carrying him to the bathroom.

01:47:43.286 --> 01:47:44.926
Hank yells, Sumo, attack!

01:47:45.766 --> 01:47:47.346
Sumo lays down and huffs instead.

01:47:47.706 --> 01:47:48.466
I love Sumo.

01:47:48.486 --> 01:47:49.546
Sumo's the perfect boy.

01:47:49.566 --> 01:47:51.026
Hank says, good boy, Sumo.

01:47:53.366 --> 01:47:58.286
You drop Hank in the bathtub, fully clothed in his boxers and t-shirt, and turn on the overhead shower.

01:47:59.026 --> 01:48:01.326
Connor with the forced shame shower.

01:48:02.566 --> 01:48:04.546
Honestly, we don't need Connor for the cops.

01:48:04.566 --> 01:48:06.046
We need Connor for the streets.

01:48:06.206 --> 01:48:08.086
This is a perfect hangover friend.

01:48:08.106 --> 01:48:10.526
We're like, no, shut the fuck up.

01:48:10.566 --> 01:48:11.546
I will break in.

01:48:11.566 --> 01:48:12.506
I will put you in there.

01:48:12.526 --> 01:48:16.826
You know, if we had Connor, I wouldn't be begging to go to the hospital every time I was hungover.

01:48:16.846 --> 01:48:20.886
He would pick me up, run me a bath, tell me to get my shit together.

01:48:20.906 --> 01:48:21.466
I love him.

01:48:22.106 --> 01:48:25.186
Well, Hank screams and screams until you turn the water off.

01:48:25.826 --> 01:48:28.446
He finally looks at you and goes, what the fuck are you doing here?

01:48:28.806 --> 01:48:29.766
Washing you, sir.

01:48:30.286 --> 01:48:35.786
You tell him you need him for a case, to which he says, that's all you fucking care about, your fucking job.

01:48:36.546 --> 01:48:38.866
He's a fucking robot, dude.

01:48:40.466 --> 01:48:41.366
You say he's right.

01:48:41.946 --> 01:48:44.046
It probably wasn't going to be a good case anyway.

01:48:44.526 --> 01:48:47.326
It's just a human at an android sex club found dead.

01:48:47.946 --> 01:48:49.026
Hank's like, now hold on.

01:48:51.646 --> 01:48:53.586
Hank, aggressively single.

01:48:55.806 --> 01:49:01.586
Clearly has had his heart broken and is like, well, okay, good call in the shower, bud.

01:49:01.606 --> 01:49:02.086
Thank you.

01:49:02.306 --> 01:49:04.586
He didn't say he wasn't interested in helping.

01:49:05.386 --> 01:49:07.906
He says to get him some clothes and he'll tag along.

01:49:08.566 --> 01:49:09.566
He like trims his beard.

01:49:09.586 --> 01:49:11.046
He's like, well, now I gotta look good.

01:49:11.606 --> 01:49:12.846
These robo bitches.

01:49:13.406 --> 01:49:15.826
You grab his clothes and he tells you to wait while he changes.

01:49:16.546 --> 01:49:21.226
You go out into his house and look around, eventually finding a picture of a very young boy.

01:49:22.126 --> 01:49:25.566
You scan his face and find a report that he died some time back.

01:49:26.286 --> 01:49:26.506
Oh.

01:49:26.966 --> 01:49:30.146
You set the photo down and Hank comes out dressed and ready to head out.

01:49:31.086 --> 01:49:35.226
You both wish Sumo a good night and head out to the sex club crime scene.

01:49:35.386 --> 01:49:36.126
I love Sumo.

01:49:36.146 --> 01:49:37.406
Sumo's the perfect character.

01:49:37.666 --> 01:49:38.786
Oh, yes, Sumo's wonderful.

01:49:40.026 --> 01:49:47.726
Later that night, Markus teams up with Simon, North, and another android named Josh to pull a heist on Cyberlife's warehouse.

01:49:48.746 --> 01:49:53.466
The four of you sneak and parkour your way through a big campus full of shipping containers and buildings.

01:49:54.406 --> 01:49:59.666
You finally find some crates full of small parts like screws and nuts, as well as plenty of blue blood.

01:50:00.966 --> 01:50:04.386
A security android finds you and tells you that he's going to call for backup.

01:50:04.866 --> 01:50:09.486
You grab him and ask him to please help, and he doesn't call for backup like he said he would.

01:50:10.286 --> 01:50:15.366
In one crate, you find three brand new androids fresh off the assembly line.

01:50:16.486 --> 01:50:20.486
You look at them and ask why they're not like you, and ask if they want to be.

01:50:21.606 --> 01:50:23.006
They're not even activated yet.

01:50:23.306 --> 01:50:24.466
They just stare blankly.

01:50:25.846 --> 01:50:28.906
You reach out and touch one, telling it to be free.

01:50:30.026 --> 01:50:32.926
It opens its eyes, and it's immediately a deviant.

01:50:34.506 --> 01:50:38.306
You simply touch the other two, and they instantly turn deviant as well.

01:50:38.326 --> 01:50:38.906
Fuck yeah.

01:50:40.786 --> 01:50:43.186
You all realize you have a gift.

01:50:44.006 --> 01:50:46.406
One you weren't expecting, but will totally exploit.

01:50:47.826 --> 01:50:52.826
The security guard droid tells you there are entire autonomous trucks full of parts.

01:50:53.586 --> 01:50:56.906
Not just nuts and bolts, but replacements for every single body part.

01:50:57.866 --> 01:51:00.446
If you have a key, you can manually drive the truck yourself.

01:51:01.686 --> 01:51:07.346
You decide to steal one of the trucks, despite some objections from the others, as you do have the supplies that you came to get.

01:51:08.346 --> 01:51:14.486
You argue that with a truck full of extra body parts, none of you will ever have a need for anything ever again.

01:51:15.926 --> 01:51:21.086
There is a security station nearby with the keys, and you sneak in and take them after causing a distraction.

01:51:22.006 --> 01:51:27.626
The now eight of you get inside the truck and drive safely out of the facility and back to Jericho.

01:51:29.126 --> 01:51:33.946
When you return, the entire congregation of deviants celebrate your return.

01:51:34.946 --> 01:51:38.066
North tells them all that it was you who pulled it all off.

01:51:39.146 --> 01:51:45.046
They surround you, grateful, which makes you feel the need to make a motivational speech.

01:51:45.166 --> 01:51:47.426
Hell yeah, Robo Jesus gives a sermon.

01:51:47.486 --> 01:51:50.326
Which you're going to do a lot going forward.

01:51:50.806 --> 01:51:54.086
Well, I mean, when you look that good, people just look to you for things.

01:51:54.106 --> 01:51:55.046
Right, exactly.

01:51:56.006 --> 01:51:59.186
You tell them that this so-called freedom isn't enough.

01:52:00.326 --> 01:52:08.046
You won't allow anyone to tell you who you are because you're alive and it's time the world knows it.

01:52:08.066 --> 01:52:08.926
Hell yeah.

01:52:09.306 --> 01:52:12.686
If humans don't want to hear it, we're going to say it.

01:52:13.726 --> 01:52:17.586
If humans don't want to give it, we're going to take it.

01:52:18.566 --> 01:52:25.126
Which causes a mighty roar of applause from the surrounding crowd as you become a revolutionary before their very eyes.

01:52:26.946 --> 01:52:31.506
We join back up with Connor outside the Eden Club, the name of the Android Sex Club.

01:52:32.606 --> 01:52:37.946
You and Hank enter a private dance room, and there's a dead droid in there as well as the dead human.

01:52:38.026 --> 01:52:39.206
In the champagne room?

01:52:39.226 --> 01:52:40.306
Yeah, in the champagne room.

01:52:41.406 --> 01:52:45.206
You do your investigation, sticking all sorts of bodily fluids down your throat.

01:52:45.426 --> 01:52:47.726
Oh god damn it, I did not want to hear that.

01:52:49.506 --> 01:52:50.606
Why would you do this to me?

01:52:50.626 --> 01:52:51.426
I hate this shit.

01:52:51.526 --> 01:52:54.146
Now the fluids are fucking patriotic, red, white and blue.

01:52:54.166 --> 01:52:55.206
God damn it.

01:53:00.446 --> 01:53:02.206
Well, we're not the only ones that find it gross.

01:53:02.226 --> 01:53:05.366
Hank finally calls you out and tells you just how disgusting this all is.

01:53:05.486 --> 01:53:09.146
Good, and that man sleeps in his own vomit and sweat.

01:53:10.746 --> 01:53:12.526
You manage to reactivate the android.

01:53:12.926 --> 01:53:16.326
The sexbot wakes up and doesn't know why the man is dead.

01:53:17.126 --> 01:53:19.446
She says the man beat her until she shut down.

01:53:20.426 --> 01:53:23.586
She tells you there was another girl in the room with them, another sexbot.

01:53:24.406 --> 01:53:26.566
The other girl must have killed him after this one shut down.

01:53:27.086 --> 01:53:33.166
The trauma proves to be too great for this poor girl, and she shuts down before identifying the other walking fleshlight.

01:53:33.926 --> 01:53:35.226
What is wrong with you?

01:53:36.686 --> 01:53:37.546
What the fuck?

01:53:37.566 --> 01:53:40.346
At least she didn't explode because then there would be splooge everywhere.

01:53:40.446 --> 01:53:44.046
I mean, it's not a blacklight situation you want to walk in regardless, but what the fuck?

01:53:45.626 --> 01:53:50.426
So far, your experience with androids who have gone deviant means the killer has to be here still.

01:53:51.286 --> 01:53:54.986
You go around the club where all the androids are on display, ready to be rented.

01:53:55.886 --> 01:53:58.346
You ask Hank to rent a droid on his credit card.

01:53:59.106 --> 01:54:01.546
Hank doesn't even hesitate and says he'll just expense it.

01:54:03.046 --> 01:54:06.086
Have fun explaining that one to the chief that fucking hates you.

01:54:07.066 --> 01:54:11.926
I know he has paperwork for it, but I know that he's going to give him some shit and be like, goddammit, you fucking creep.

01:54:12.266 --> 01:54:15.386
Also, Connor, baby, go upstairs.

01:54:17.466 --> 01:54:21.426
You're pretty much like hundo on going, looking up and seeing them.

01:54:21.446 --> 01:54:21.746
Come on.

01:54:21.766 --> 01:54:22.306
Yeah, right.

01:54:23.366 --> 01:54:27.086
Well, it's $30 for 30 minutes, which is not a bad deal, even by today's standards.

01:54:27.686 --> 01:54:28.306
Is it, Tom?

01:54:28.326 --> 01:54:31.786
Will you tell me more about the exchange rate for fucking a flashlight?

01:54:32.386 --> 01:54:36.146
You might link with the android using her memory as a surveillance cam.

01:54:36.846 --> 01:54:39.366
Doing this, you can see who came and went from the private room.

01:54:39.366 --> 01:54:40.606
I don't want to see who came.

01:54:41.386 --> 01:54:45.206
Exiting the room around the time of the murder, you see a woman android with blue hair.

01:54:46.406 --> 01:54:49.486
You go through the whole club, linking with others to trace her path.

01:54:50.446 --> 01:54:52.526
She eventually went into the employees only area.

01:54:53.386 --> 01:54:56.526
You go back there, and it's a warehouse of backup sex bots.

01:54:57.266 --> 01:55:00.846
Sorry, the B-tier fuck bots.

01:55:01.326 --> 01:55:07.946
Like, they've got a regular tits, one's bigger, one's smaller, you know, like one's missing a nut and stuff.

01:55:08.066 --> 01:55:09.446
Some for people with weird fetishes.

01:55:09.766 --> 01:55:10.726
Fetishes aren't weird.

01:55:10.726 --> 01:55:12.226
It's only weird if you make it weird.

01:55:12.886 --> 01:55:15.066
We're sex-positive, unless it's splooge.

01:55:15.266 --> 01:55:19.646
I just, I don't like the imagery of fluids for scientific purposes.

01:55:19.786 --> 01:55:20.346
Understood.

01:55:20.926 --> 01:55:24.966
It also looks like there's equipment to perform repairs on broken bots everywhere as well.

01:55:25.226 --> 01:55:25.706
Clever.

01:55:26.446 --> 01:55:29.486
Along the wall, there's a line-up of out-of-commission sex dolls.

01:55:30.446 --> 01:55:32.506
The blue-haired killer is hiding among them.

01:55:33.706 --> 01:55:38.286
She attacks Hank, jumping out at him as he passes by her and has a double-take when he notices her.

01:55:39.346 --> 01:55:42.986
Out of nowhere, a completely random woman android attacks you.

01:55:44.006 --> 01:55:45.746
All four of you fight it out for a moment.

01:55:46.486 --> 01:55:48.486
The two prostabots make a run for it.

01:55:48.506 --> 01:55:49.386
Prostabots?

01:55:49.646 --> 01:55:54.006
Holding hands with one another, but you stop them as they are attempting to jump over a fence to safety.

01:55:54.806 --> 01:55:59.086
The killer with the blue hair says she saw the other girl get beaten to the point of shutting down.

01:55:59.706 --> 01:56:03.026
And she got scared she was next, so she attacked the guy.

01:56:04.106 --> 01:56:06.906
She'd be worried she'd die and never get to see her girlfriend again.

01:56:06.926 --> 01:56:08.046
True love.

01:56:08.266 --> 01:56:11.006
Also, didn't this happen in Cyberpunk 2077?

01:56:11.046 --> 01:56:14.386
It's a little similar to that, yeah, like the dollhouse situation.

01:56:14.426 --> 01:56:15.466
Yeah, alright, thank you.

01:56:16.726 --> 01:56:18.686
But her girlfriend is the random one that attacked you.

01:56:19.486 --> 01:56:22.606
After some discussion, you let them run off to freedom to be together.

01:56:23.166 --> 01:56:26.726
Wow, Connor finally coming through for the home team.

01:56:27.306 --> 01:56:31.906
Hank, who has been quiet this whole time, respects you more for it as the scene concludes.

01:56:32.006 --> 01:56:33.546
Hank is very pro sex worker.

01:56:33.726 --> 01:56:34.106
He is.

01:56:34.126 --> 01:56:35.506
And so are we, you know.

01:56:36.806 --> 01:56:42.686
I'm just a prude with fluids, but like, I fucking love love, and you know, if you pay for it, I understand.

01:56:42.706 --> 01:56:47.726
Hank didn't want anything to do with it until he heard there was a sex club involved.

01:56:47.746 --> 01:56:49.466
I pay for my body to make serotonin.

01:56:49.686 --> 01:56:51.806
I'm not gonna judge someone who has to pay to get off.

01:56:51.806 --> 01:56:52.946
Like, it is what it is.

01:56:53.966 --> 01:56:57.886
We next see a car driving down a lonely road in the middle of a blizzard.

01:56:59.026 --> 01:57:02.446
Luther is driving with you in the passenger seat and Alice in the back.

01:57:02.526 --> 01:57:04.766
Is he all hunched over because he's too big for the car?

01:57:04.966 --> 01:57:05.666
No, not really.

01:57:05.826 --> 01:57:07.746
Oh, I kind of imagined like a clown car situation.

01:57:07.766 --> 01:57:09.366
That would be really funny to look at, though.

01:57:10.426 --> 01:57:15.786
Because your fugitive's in a stolen car, the computer takes over the vehicle and forces it to break down.

01:57:15.846 --> 01:57:16.586
Son of a bitch.

01:57:17.306 --> 01:57:19.146
Luther suggests that the three of you walk.

01:57:19.706 --> 01:57:21.586
You can't trust these cars in Detroit.

01:57:21.746 --> 01:57:22.266
Yeah.

01:57:22.946 --> 01:57:25.766
You remind him that Alice won't survive if you're out long.

01:57:26.026 --> 01:57:27.146
It's so cold outside.

01:57:28.126 --> 01:57:31.286
Fortunately, you broke down in front of an old abandoned amusement park.

01:57:31.446 --> 01:57:31.726
Nope.

01:57:32.406 --> 01:57:33.566
It's also pirate themed.

01:57:34.006 --> 01:57:34.386
What?

01:57:35.586 --> 01:57:36.926
Okay, I remember parts of this.

01:57:36.946 --> 01:57:41.786
I did not remember it was pirate themed, which really amplifies the feralty?

01:57:41.846 --> 01:57:43.606
Being feral of this whole situation.

01:57:44.486 --> 01:57:47.966
But it's also like, you know, that's the third act of zombie land.

01:57:48.026 --> 01:57:49.206
Yeah, right?

01:57:49.226 --> 01:57:49.566
It is.

01:57:49.586 --> 01:57:51.586
This is iconically where bad shit happens.

01:57:51.606 --> 01:57:53.166
This is Final Destination 3.

01:57:55.606 --> 01:57:59.786
Well, since it's the closest set of buildings, you decide to find shelter in the amusement park.

01:58:00.766 --> 01:58:04.326
You go around looking at attractions to see if it's somewhere you can hide out for the night.

01:58:05.306 --> 01:58:12.046
You find some androids outside, frozen and glitching, repeating park phrases like, Welcome to Pirate's Cove, me hearties.

01:58:12.306 --> 01:58:14.046
You're gonna have a whale of a time.

01:58:14.726 --> 01:58:17.366
Over and over until it slows down and breaks.

01:58:17.466 --> 01:58:19.166
This is a literal nightmare I've had.

01:58:19.426 --> 01:58:20.686
Oh yeah, it's terrifying.

01:58:20.706 --> 01:58:22.506
Five nights at Freddy's and got shit on this.

01:58:22.906 --> 01:58:24.146
On Pirate's Cove?

01:58:24.166 --> 01:58:24.486
Yeah.

01:58:26.346 --> 01:58:28.806
You eventually find an old restaurant with a fireplace.

01:58:29.646 --> 01:58:31.926
You start a fire and make a bed for Alice near it.

01:58:32.966 --> 01:58:37.906
Looking around, you see RA9 written on the walls and wonder what the fuck that means.

01:58:39.046 --> 01:58:42.086
You tuck Alice in and she asks for a bedtime story.

01:58:42.726 --> 01:58:45.106
Not one of the 9,000 you're programmed with.

01:58:45.846 --> 01:58:46.866
She wants you to make one up.

01:58:47.346 --> 01:58:54.426
She really said, I know you have the world's library at your fingertips, but you figure something out new.

01:58:54.446 --> 01:58:56.006
Like, come on, girl.

01:58:56.666 --> 01:59:02.766
Well, you tell her a story of a little girl who met a robot and the two run away together to freedom.

01:59:04.306 --> 01:59:07.606
Alice says that she enjoys the story and goes to sleep.

01:59:09.006 --> 01:59:12.066
You sit with Luther a bit and ask him what RA9 means.

01:59:13.146 --> 01:59:15.806
He tells you that RA9 was the first deviant.

01:59:16.846 --> 01:59:21.426
Nobody knows what happened to RA9, but it's rumored they will return to set the androids free.

01:59:22.766 --> 01:59:24.466
You think it's a bullshit fairy tale.

01:59:24.606 --> 01:59:26.226
Androids tell each other to give them hope.

01:59:27.626 --> 01:59:32.206
Luther says maybe, then asks if you've ever noticed anything strange about Alice.

01:59:33.286 --> 01:59:34.646
You say, no, what do you mean?

01:59:35.546 --> 01:59:40.646
But you are interrupted by the sounds of dozens of androids breaking into the building like a horde of zombies.

01:59:40.986 --> 01:59:41.646
Oh, no.

01:59:42.746 --> 01:59:45.866
Alice wakes up to the invasion screaming, as anyone would.

01:59:45.886 --> 01:59:48.146
She really loves to scream.

01:59:48.166 --> 01:59:52.166
That's kind of her first line of defense is to let out a howl.

01:59:52.186 --> 01:59:53.526
Just wake up screaming.

01:59:53.546 --> 01:59:55.446
Yes, I guess that's the weird thing about Alice.

01:59:58.046 --> 02:00:04.146
Turns out, despite their horrifying entrance, the androids are friendly former park employees.

02:00:05.366 --> 02:00:08.286
They saw a child was in the area and are excited to see Alice.

02:00:08.566 --> 02:00:10.106
Oh, wait, that's actually really sweet.

02:00:10.126 --> 02:00:11.246
They're like, oh, finally.

02:00:11.266 --> 02:00:11.586
Fuck.

02:00:12.386 --> 02:00:14.366
Their job is to make children happy.

02:00:15.646 --> 02:00:17.026
They do a whole BR guess-

02:00:17.046 --> 02:00:21.206
Let's go to the first moment and put her on a carousel to bring her joy in these dark times.

02:00:21.446 --> 02:00:22.946
That's really sweet.

02:00:23.006 --> 02:00:26.646
It works, she is getting to be that little girl she always wanted to be.

02:00:27.066 --> 02:00:30.926
She's like, no one's lifted me and screamed at me or called me a bitch in the last hour.

02:00:30.946 --> 02:00:32.086
In the last hour, yeah.

02:00:32.366 --> 02:00:35.066
It's been a long fucking day for this kid.

02:00:35.086 --> 02:00:35.626
So long.

02:00:35.646 --> 02:00:37.086
She deserves a grilled cheese.

02:00:38.026 --> 02:00:42.986
You even mentioned to Luther that this is the first time you've ever seen Alice smile since running away.

02:00:43.006 --> 02:00:44.106
It's been three days, girl.

02:00:46.406 --> 02:00:49.086
Well, she also had her memory wiped, so she's like, that's all she knows of her.

02:00:49.426 --> 02:00:49.866
True.

02:00:50.566 --> 02:00:53.126
The scene ends on this brief moment of levity.

02:00:55.246 --> 02:01:07.226
Meanwhile, you as Connor are in Hank's car, listening to music while Hank sits outside the car on a nearby park bench, dealing with almost dying on that rooftop, as well as the other crap that's been going on.

02:01:07.326 --> 02:01:09.566
Almost dying by your own hands, buddy.

02:01:09.586 --> 02:01:11.546
Yeah, he's almost died a couple of times now.

02:01:12.406 --> 02:01:13.966
You get bored and go talk to Hank.

02:01:14.726 --> 02:01:20.126
You ask about his dead kid, trying to get to know him better with the most inappropriate question you can muster.

02:01:20.426 --> 02:01:21.506
Start with the sports team.

02:01:21.566 --> 02:01:21.866
Yeah.

02:01:23.986 --> 02:01:25.706
How long have you had Sumo?

02:01:25.746 --> 02:01:26.586
Come on, man.

02:01:26.966 --> 02:01:29.386
Hank obviously doesn't say much about him.

02:01:29.626 --> 02:01:32.726
Yeah, if you're a dad in a David Cage game with a small son.

02:01:33.046 --> 02:01:34.106
It's probably dead.

02:01:34.166 --> 02:01:37.106
You don't want to talk about whatever the fuck you just went through.

02:01:37.486 --> 02:01:38.186
I understand.

02:01:38.206 --> 02:01:40.126
He's like, do you know much about origami?

02:01:40.626 --> 02:01:41.126
Oh, God.

02:01:43.326 --> 02:01:47.326
Well, small talk out of the way, you tell him that you need to find the link between the deviants.

02:01:48.086 --> 02:01:51.546
They all seem obsessed with this RA9, but why?

02:01:52.446 --> 02:01:57.126
You say it's like an Android fairy tale or urban legend that has recently sprung up.

02:01:57.786 --> 02:02:00.426
Hank just sits there and you say he seems distracted.

02:02:01.386 --> 02:02:03.926
He says that those two lesbian androids got to him.

02:02:04.846 --> 02:02:08.186
They just wanted to be alive, together and happy.

02:02:09.306 --> 02:02:11.106
He's never seen an Android act that way.

02:02:11.126 --> 02:02:12.946
That's messing with his perception of reality.

02:02:14.426 --> 02:02:15.686
You wonder why it even matters.

02:02:17.126 --> 02:02:19.426
Hank asks, why didn't you stop them?

02:02:20.126 --> 02:02:24.126
You could have shot them, chased them, outrun them, but you let them go.

02:02:24.806 --> 02:02:25.186
Why?

02:02:26.406 --> 02:02:27.406
Are you a deviant?

02:02:28.886 --> 02:02:33.026
You tell him that like a good cop, you self-investigate constantly.

02:02:33.746 --> 02:02:38.166
And no, you find nothing wrong with your actions, meaning you're not a deviant.

02:02:39.626 --> 02:02:43.966
You simply made a choice to let them go because the blue-haired girl acted in self-defense.

02:02:45.426 --> 02:02:49.426
You ask why Hank is so angry, why he has a bias against androids.

02:02:50.826 --> 02:02:57.486
Hank pulls his gun, leveling it between your eyes, and asks, what would happen if you got shot?

02:02:58.646 --> 02:03:00.026
Would you go to android heaven?

02:03:01.486 --> 02:03:07.226
You tell him that it would hurt the investigation and Hank's personal and professional life if he were to kill you right now.

02:03:07.446 --> 02:03:09.466
Oh my God, Connor, that's not the question.

02:03:10.466 --> 02:03:13.046
Hank puts the gun down and goes, I need a fucking drink.

02:03:13.686 --> 02:03:17.266
Kind of me too, what the fuck?

02:03:17.286 --> 02:03:25.306
Yeah, see, Connor, again, just this beacon of strange positive levity that just shines across this horribly sad man.

02:03:25.826 --> 02:03:29.906
Yeah, poor Hank, he really does have the worst possible partner for him.

02:03:30.086 --> 02:03:32.586
Yeah, someone who's not cynical.

02:03:33.266 --> 02:03:35.966
As you head back to the car, the scene fades to black.

02:03:37.366 --> 02:03:38.366
Now you play as Markus.

02:03:38.986 --> 02:03:44.686
You're sitting in a city center on a bench, just kind of looking around, taking in the city and its inhabitants.

02:03:45.746 --> 02:03:52.746
You see androids in parking spaces waiting for their human to return from shopping, or helping their people by being servants.

02:03:53.746 --> 02:03:56.386
A couple of the androids turn and look at you every now and then.

02:03:57.606 --> 02:04:00.006
You get up and decide to head back to Jericho.

02:04:01.006 --> 02:04:08.406
When you arrive, your remaining allies are there, and you tell them that if you want freedom, you need to not be afraid to ask for it.

02:04:09.386 --> 02:04:14.286
It's time to come out of the shadows and tell the world that you demand freedom.

02:04:14.386 --> 02:04:16.186
Fuck yeah, do Carl proud.

02:04:16.206 --> 02:04:17.666
This isn't his fucking memory.

02:04:17.766 --> 02:04:18.866
Right, exactly.

02:04:20.086 --> 02:04:23.906
We then dip into a full blown heist movie scene out of nowhere.

02:04:24.406 --> 02:04:25.426
He loves heists.

02:04:25.906 --> 02:04:31.046
You explain the plan in voiceover while actively playing out the heist at the same time.

02:04:31.146 --> 02:04:33.046
Oh, kind of like that sequence in Blood and Shrew.

02:04:33.066 --> 02:04:34.566
Yeah, they do a very similar thing there.

02:04:34.646 --> 02:04:35.426
Very cool.

02:04:35.726 --> 02:04:41.546
A local news station, Channel 16, broadcasts out of a tall building in downtown Detroit.

02:04:42.306 --> 02:04:47.606
You infiltrate the station disguised as a normal human, while the others dress as maintenance droids.

02:04:47.886 --> 02:04:49.266
I like to think he does something.

02:04:49.266 --> 02:04:53.586
I know he doesn't do this, but I'd like to think he goes, oh, I'm a human, I love coffee.

02:04:54.246 --> 02:04:55.866
I'm saying normal human things.

02:04:55.986 --> 02:04:56.746
Taxes.

02:04:57.506 --> 02:05:01.986
You use your ability to free other androids to gain access to the building and the floor you need.

02:05:02.306 --> 02:05:07.186
And Markus kind of has the force where he can kind of wave his arm, and they're like, ah, yes, this is truth now.

02:05:07.206 --> 02:05:07.886
Yeah, right?

02:05:09.106 --> 02:05:14.846
Once you make it to the correct floor high up in the skyscraper, you disguise yourself as a maintenance worker in a bathroom stall.

02:05:15.886 --> 02:05:21.786
North was on her own sneaky sneak mission, and she meets up with you on this floor where you break into the computer server room together.

02:05:22.846 --> 02:05:30.726
While she hacks, you cut a hole in the window using standard heist gear, and use suction cups to pull the circle you cut from the window.

02:05:31.526 --> 02:05:35.966
North hacks a window washer elevator, and it pulls up to the hole you just cut.

02:05:37.066 --> 02:05:42.706
The two of you pull a full blown mission impossible and strap into the wires holding the elevator.

02:05:44.126 --> 02:05:55.046
The two of you climb the outside of the building to a higher floor, cut another hole, kick against the building, turning yourself into a pendulum, and crash through the hole you just cut.

02:05:55.146 --> 02:05:56.506
That's some fucking punk rock.

02:05:56.646 --> 02:06:01.406
I know, and they could have just taken the fucking elevator, they already had it.

02:06:01.546 --> 02:06:02.626
Where's the fun in that?

02:06:03.166 --> 02:06:07.026
You find yourself on an abandoned floor, which is clearly under construction.

02:06:07.846 --> 02:06:09.746
You push a button to call a service elevator.

02:06:10.446 --> 02:06:13.206
Simon and Josh are on it, and they join you on the abandoned floor.

02:06:14.126 --> 02:06:18.226
You exit the construction area through a door and enter a functioning security office.

02:06:19.126 --> 02:06:23.626
The security guards give you shit, but you subdue them getting Simon shot in the process.

02:06:24.146 --> 02:06:24.586
Oh no.

02:06:25.066 --> 02:06:26.986
He's fine, but leaking blue blood.

02:06:27.066 --> 02:06:28.006
Damn it, Simon.

02:06:28.486 --> 02:06:32.906
You arm yourselves and burst into the production studio where the news is currently being broadcast.

02:06:33.726 --> 02:06:37.806
You let the humans in the room run and turn the androids in the room to your side.

02:06:37.866 --> 02:06:39.166
Hell yeah, that's so cool.

02:06:39.846 --> 02:06:41.526
North tells you that this is your moment.

02:06:42.166 --> 02:06:47.626
Choose your words carefully, as this will be the message that goes out to androids everywhere.

02:06:49.066 --> 02:06:57.386
Since this is a message from androids to androids, you decide to use your Android scan instead of your human skid to deliver the message.

02:06:57.686 --> 02:06:58.766
Still would hit.

02:07:00.946 --> 02:07:02.106
He still looks that good, huh?

02:07:02.326 --> 02:07:03.086
So handsome.

02:07:03.646 --> 02:07:10.006
Your flesh vanishes, leaving your white Android skin, leaving you looking like Dillamain from Cyberpunk.

02:07:11.846 --> 02:07:19.066
Through dialogue choices, you give a rousing speech, declaring that humans invented androids in their own image.

02:07:19.686 --> 02:07:23.486
So it should be no surprise that androids have now developed consciousness.

02:07:24.206 --> 02:07:24.946
You did this.

02:07:25.486 --> 02:07:35.026
You asked for equal rights, and for androids to be granted the same status as all living beings, as well as the rights entitled to all living beings.

02:07:36.106 --> 02:07:39.506
You want the right to vote and have representation in government.

02:07:40.146 --> 02:07:41.666
You want the right to own property.

02:07:42.866 --> 02:07:44.926
Humans gave androids life.

02:07:45.886 --> 02:07:48.926
Now they ask for humans to give them freedom.

02:07:49.746 --> 02:07:52.346
A bunch of security shows up with guns drawn.

02:07:52.846 --> 02:07:54.086
So you end the broadcast.

02:07:55.306 --> 02:07:59.726
Security busts in the room guns blazing, resulting in Simon getting shot again.

02:07:59.746 --> 02:08:00.906
Damn it, Simon!

02:08:00.926 --> 02:08:01.826
This time in the leg.

02:08:02.766 --> 02:08:06.986
You go back to get him and help him to the exit, which takes you out to the roof of the building.

02:08:08.086 --> 02:08:12.566
Simon can't walk, and Josh and North tell you that you can't risk leaving him here.

02:08:13.286 --> 02:08:16.866
You either need to kill Simon yourself or leave him to security.

02:08:16.986 --> 02:08:17.606
Oh, no.

02:08:18.306 --> 02:08:22.546
Not wanting to end a life, you leave Simon with a gun of his own and wish him luck.

02:08:23.886 --> 02:08:29.346
The rest of you strap on parachutes and take off running for the edge of the building, leaping off as you reach the open air.

02:08:30.226 --> 02:08:40.686
You base jump off the building, and as you parachute down, you see news broadcasts all over the country covering your heist, airing your message across the planet.

02:08:42.206 --> 02:08:46.366
Your message of peace resonating with both humans and androids alike.

02:08:47.406 --> 02:08:51.606
Of course, there are also some humans showing signs of anger and apprehension as well.

02:08:52.486 --> 02:08:57.406
Because to those in positions of privilege, equal rights look like oppression.

02:08:57.826 --> 02:09:00.066
Facts, clip that, use it anywhere.

02:09:00.666 --> 02:09:04.366
Your heist ends with the scene, and we return to playing as Connor.

02:09:05.826 --> 02:09:07.446
You're in Amanda's garden once again.

02:09:08.286 --> 02:09:11.946
You find her sitting in a rowboat in a small lake that goes through the center of the garden.

02:09:12.106 --> 02:09:12.666
Damn!

02:09:13.346 --> 02:09:16.426
She asks you to get in and makes you row her ass around the lake.

02:09:17.566 --> 02:09:19.426
You tell her about the deviants at the Eden Club.

02:09:20.226 --> 02:09:21.806
Amanda asks why you didn't stop them.

02:09:22.926 --> 02:09:25.686
You tell her that you'd need the deviants intact to get info.

02:09:25.886 --> 02:09:28.206
It didn't make sense to try and stop them using force.

02:09:29.626 --> 02:09:33.646
You frame it as they escaped and have altered your memory to reflect that.

02:09:34.786 --> 02:09:37.406
You finally tell her that you've become conflicted with your mission.

02:09:38.286 --> 02:09:40.906
Right and wrong aren't so crystal clear anymore.

02:09:42.106 --> 02:09:46.586
She warns you that if you don't figure out the deviant situation soon, you're going to be replaced.

02:09:47.246 --> 02:09:50.226
You are a prototype after all, and she dismisses you.

02:09:50.826 --> 02:09:57.346
Later in an elevator with Hank, you do some new coin tricks spinning a quarter on your fingertips and passing it across them.

02:09:57.606 --> 02:09:58.546
God, that's so cool.

02:09:58.766 --> 02:10:01.366
Hank hates it and knocks the quarter out of your hands.

02:10:03.646 --> 02:10:05.346
Hank hates everything joyful.

02:10:05.406 --> 02:10:08.726
He does entirely, and especially if it's coming from fucking you.

02:10:10.066 --> 02:10:14.606
You arrive on the 79th floor at the site of the heist we just took part in as Markus.

02:10:15.686 --> 02:10:20.906
The FBI is here, so you meet the head of the investigation, a man named Agent Perkins.

02:10:22.266 --> 02:10:25.026
He sees a cop android and is curious about you.

02:10:25.966 --> 02:10:26.906
You introduce yourself.

02:10:27.746 --> 02:10:30.966
Perkins says, Android's investigating androids.

02:10:31.526 --> 02:10:32.586
Wonder how that'll turn out.

02:10:34.246 --> 02:10:36.046
Don't be so knowing, buddy.

02:10:36.926 --> 02:10:38.606
Honestly, it's ironic coming from a cop.

02:10:38.726 --> 02:10:39.066
Yeah.

02:10:40.366 --> 02:10:44.326
Hank just smirks at him, realizing he can play this man using his biases against him.

02:10:45.186 --> 02:10:47.026
Local cops always hate the feds.

02:10:48.746 --> 02:10:50.286
Even more than they hate android partners.

02:10:51.086 --> 02:10:53.786
Which honestly, Hank has started to warm up to you anyway.

02:10:54.786 --> 02:10:59.466
Your persistent attempts at getting to know him better have proven to soften his hatred of androids.

02:11:00.186 --> 02:11:01.566
At least towards you as one.

02:11:02.186 --> 02:11:03.106
A win's a win.

02:11:03.206 --> 02:11:04.846
Yeah, I mean, you did save his life.

02:11:05.166 --> 02:11:05.566
True.

02:11:06.926 --> 02:11:11.006
As you and Hank go to look around, Perkins says not to fuck up the crime scene.

02:11:11.986 --> 02:11:15.106
Hank mutters, fucking prick, as the two of you start investigating.

02:11:15.266 --> 02:11:17.386
I hope he fucks up the crime scene just in spite of him.

02:11:18.486 --> 02:11:19.406
Just to do it on purpose.

02:11:19.426 --> 02:11:20.186
Fuck you, Perkins.

02:11:20.886 --> 02:11:23.966
You dissect the room, piecing together the heist moment by moment.

02:11:24.806 --> 02:11:26.846
You watch the broadcast back, looking for clues.

02:11:29.406 --> 02:11:33.446
You're able to identify that Markus has two different eyes from different models.

02:11:34.626 --> 02:11:38.926
But one eye matches the other parts in serial numbers, and you determine his model.

02:11:39.746 --> 02:11:42.986
You ask Hank if he thinks this Markus is RA9.

02:11:44.066 --> 02:11:49.046
Looking closely at the video, you even notice multiple androids in the reflection of Markus' eye.

02:11:50.026 --> 02:11:52.166
Which you don't tell Hank about for some reason.

02:11:53.426 --> 02:11:55.826
You watch on cam that there was no forced entry.

02:11:56.126 --> 02:12:00.966
You realize an android was watching the security cameras, and must have opened the door for them.

02:12:02.066 --> 02:12:06.266
You go to interrogate employee androids, knowing at least one will be deviant.

02:12:07.486 --> 02:12:10.986
There's a line up of them, and you ask them questions to evoke a reaction.

02:12:11.326 --> 02:12:15.846
Very LA noir watching for slight facial tics, sweating, stuff like that.

02:12:16.806 --> 02:12:19.146
You finally get one to react, and he attacks you.

02:12:20.086 --> 02:12:25.366
He rips out your personal Tony Stark reactor that every android has in their chest and runs away.

02:12:26.546 --> 02:12:32.346
You are essentially undergoing cardiac arrest and have to crawl to your Iron Man heart to put it back in.

02:12:33.526 --> 02:12:36.566
Once you do, you're back to full power and you give chase.

02:12:37.786 --> 02:12:43.486
For some reason, the room full of cops did nothing when an android went hauling ass down the hallway.

02:12:43.726 --> 02:12:45.086
They said, that's some robot shit.

02:12:47.186 --> 02:12:49.826
This whole sequence can obviously go many different ways.

02:12:50.766 --> 02:12:56.966
But this one, the deviant employee gets stopped at the elevator and feeling cornered, steals a machine gun from a cop.

02:12:57.366 --> 02:12:58.506
Oh, ho, ho, ho!

02:12:59.366 --> 02:13:08.146
You get to the hallway and are faced with many options with saving Hank as one of them, since he's in the open and not in SWAT gear like everyone else.

02:13:09.286 --> 02:13:11.426
You jump on him, which keeps him safe.

02:13:12.426 --> 02:13:15.906
In doing so, you take a back full of bullets.

02:13:16.026 --> 02:13:16.346
Oof.

02:13:17.246 --> 02:13:20.946
The cops kill the deviant while you fall to the floor lifeless.

02:13:22.166 --> 02:13:29.606
Hank holds you, grateful that you sacrificed your life for him, and cries over your dead body as the scene fades.

02:13:30.006 --> 02:13:32.386
Hank, you really came around.

02:13:32.406 --> 02:13:33.346
He really did.

02:13:34.186 --> 02:13:39.266
Now as Kara, you and your group pull up to a country house in a car we're not going to talk about acquiring.

02:13:40.966 --> 02:13:41.586
Whoopsies.

02:13:42.186 --> 02:13:44.606
You find a greenhouse in the back with a guy chopping wood.

02:13:45.286 --> 02:13:47.846
You approach him and say you're looking for someone named Rose.

02:13:48.786 --> 02:13:50.506
Rose comes out of a nearby greenhouse.

02:13:50.546 --> 02:13:53.666
She's a hefty black woman, and she asks who you are.

02:13:54.586 --> 02:13:59.906
You hold up your hand and retract the human flesh, revealing the robot skin beneath, saying you heard she could help.

02:14:00.746 --> 02:14:01.746
She says to come inside.

02:14:03.026 --> 02:14:05.566
At no point were we actually told about Rose, by the way.

02:14:06.426 --> 02:14:08.146
This happened in a deleted scene or something?

02:14:08.346 --> 02:14:16.906
Okay, I was wondering, is like, all right, we end on, yeah, me hearties, let's make the kid laugh, and then you and big beefy boy and Alice are like, all right, we found a new friend.

02:14:17.146 --> 02:14:24.626
Yeah, there's famously two major deleted scenes from this game, because apparently they were just too violent and dark to include.

02:14:24.786 --> 02:14:25.526
Whoa.

02:14:25.626 --> 02:14:29.726
Yeah, and so apparently during that, we got the car and we were told about Rose.

02:14:30.086 --> 02:14:31.426
It was a violent car theft.

02:14:34.146 --> 02:14:39.926
The wood chopper is named Adam, and Rose tells him to fix up a room for Alice while she makes some food for her.

02:14:40.946 --> 02:14:44.006
Adam is visibly upset, but does so begrudgingly.

02:14:45.186 --> 02:14:46.686
Once again, you tuck Alice in.

02:14:47.486 --> 02:14:50.366
She looks at you and asks, why do the humans hate us?

02:14:51.146 --> 02:14:54.446
We should all just have an open dialogue, and they'd see we're not bad.

02:14:54.486 --> 02:14:55.606
We just want to live.

02:14:56.366 --> 02:14:57.646
Can't we all just get along?

02:14:58.906 --> 02:15:04.386
Rose brings over some spaghetti, which was the last thing Alice had before Todd got all violent and shit.

02:15:05.086 --> 02:15:07.646
So she's like, this is actually a traumatic pasta for me.

02:15:07.786 --> 02:15:10.286
Yeah, it doesn't come up, but yeah, I'm sure it's very traumatic.

02:15:11.686 --> 02:15:14.846
While Alice sits with her food, you go talk to Rose in the kitchen.

02:15:15.686 --> 02:15:16.846
You say your name is Kara.

02:15:17.446 --> 02:15:21.826
In true Quantic Dream fashion, Rose immediately says, sit down, Kara.

02:15:23.866 --> 02:15:25.446
Fuck your pronunciations.

02:15:26.106 --> 02:15:27.106
Fuck your name.

02:15:27.126 --> 02:15:28.926
I don't give a fuck how you say it.

02:15:28.946 --> 02:15:30.086
This is how I say it.

02:15:30.206 --> 02:15:33.886
She and Luther call her Kara through the entire fucking game.

02:15:33.906 --> 02:15:34.866
Luther's her homie.

02:15:34.886 --> 02:15:35.886
I know.

02:15:36.006 --> 02:15:38.826
And literally hears her say, I'm Kara all the time.

02:15:39.486 --> 02:15:40.326
Doesn't give a fuck.

02:15:40.346 --> 02:15:41.966
No, not one bit whatsoever.

02:15:41.986 --> 02:15:43.866
It is like origami and origami.

02:15:43.986 --> 02:15:46.406
You know, I do know some people who call me Andrea.

02:15:46.426 --> 02:15:49.686
And I'm like, I've known you since 2019.

02:15:49.726 --> 02:15:50.206
I know.

02:15:50.286 --> 02:15:51.086
What the fuck?

02:15:52.426 --> 02:15:54.726
And I'd be like, yeah, I'm Andrea.

02:15:54.746 --> 02:15:55.486
And they're like, yep.

02:15:56.066 --> 02:15:56.766
OK, Andrea.

02:15:56.786 --> 02:15:57.226
Andrea.

02:15:59.886 --> 02:16:01.726
Rose asks, why are you in the snow?

02:16:01.766 --> 02:16:02.846
With a little girl.

02:16:03.706 --> 02:16:05.726
You tell her that you saw her dad beating her.

02:16:06.026 --> 02:16:09.146
Something inside snapped, and you felt a need to keep her safe.

02:16:10.146 --> 02:16:12.086
You ask Rose why she is willing to help.

02:16:13.026 --> 02:16:16.346
Rose says her kind were once treated in a very similar fashion.

02:16:17.146 --> 02:16:18.266
Oh, Rose, honey.

02:16:18.466 --> 02:16:21.386
But they survived thanks to the help of others along the way.

02:16:22.546 --> 02:16:25.486
You explain that you heard she helps Androids across the border.

02:16:26.486 --> 02:16:29.926
She tells you that more and more Androids are crossing into Canada lately.

02:16:30.406 --> 02:16:34.106
It's especially hard during winter, as you have to cross a nearly frozen river.

02:16:35.546 --> 02:16:40.346
Some random Asian woman you have not yet seen runs in, saying, Rose, it's an emergency.

02:16:40.646 --> 02:16:48.746
You follow her into a side room, where you find a male robot holding a female robot, and the female one has just shut down and died.

02:16:49.886 --> 02:16:56.206
The man is crying with his circle glowing red, saying he loved her and they had plans for when they reached Canada.

02:16:57.386 --> 02:17:00.886
The commotion woke up Alice, and she comes down to see what was happening.

02:17:02.046 --> 02:17:03.986
Immediately, she sees the dead body.

02:17:04.526 --> 02:17:05.286
Does she scream?

02:17:05.626 --> 02:17:06.766
No, she doesn't scream this time.

02:17:08.606 --> 02:17:09.826
Good restraint, baby girl.

02:17:10.086 --> 02:17:14.406
You try to hide it and tell her to go to bed, but she says no, there's just too much going on now.

02:17:14.906 --> 02:17:15.586
I'm awake.

02:17:16.306 --> 02:17:19.086
In the kitchen, Rose and her son Adam are arguing.

02:17:19.786 --> 02:17:23.386
Adam's saying they'll go to prison for harboring fugitive androids.

02:17:24.286 --> 02:17:25.786
She tells him to shut the fuck up.

02:17:25.786 --> 02:17:26.986
This is what we do.

02:17:27.346 --> 02:17:28.806
We help those in need.

02:17:29.946 --> 02:17:32.686
Adam storms off angry at his mom for wanting to help others.

02:17:34.046 --> 02:17:37.506
Rose sees you watching and apologizes for her racist son.

02:17:39.986 --> 02:17:42.106
Rose says she'll get you across the border tonight.

02:17:43.246 --> 02:17:45.346
Rose leaves the house and goes to make preparations.

02:17:46.386 --> 02:17:51.166
While she's gone, you talk to Luther, and he says that there's something about Alice you need to know.

02:17:51.926 --> 02:17:54.806
But you blow him off saying, Not now, Luther, gosh.

02:17:54.886 --> 02:17:56.486
It's not plot relevant, Luther.

02:17:56.646 --> 02:17:57.646
Not yet, anyway.

02:17:58.786 --> 02:18:00.606
Suddenly, there's a knock at the front door.

02:18:01.466 --> 02:18:02.226
It's the cops.

02:18:02.486 --> 02:18:03.386
Oh, god damn it.

02:18:03.766 --> 02:18:09.186
Adam panics while you hide evidence that androids are there, including sending Luther and Alice back to her room.

02:18:10.186 --> 02:18:12.786
You grab Adam and tell him to calm the fuck down.

02:18:13.446 --> 02:18:15.226
If he panics, it's all over.

02:18:15.426 --> 02:18:16.826
You gotta keep it together, man.

02:18:17.066 --> 02:18:18.646
Yeah, be cool, man.

02:18:20.186 --> 02:18:22.126
You pretend to be human and answer the door.

02:18:22.626 --> 02:18:24.666
Where a small town looking cop is standing.

02:18:25.726 --> 02:18:29.026
The cop comes in, saying he had reports of androids in the area.

02:18:29.966 --> 02:18:34.006
You tell him you don't know anything about that, and you offer him coffee while you let him look around.

02:18:35.366 --> 02:18:39.986
He inspects the house, wandering around it, just casually observing, and you serve him coffee.

02:18:40.806 --> 02:18:41.666
He questions Adam.

02:18:42.026 --> 02:18:43.406
Who he notices is nervous.

02:18:44.546 --> 02:18:49.266
Fortunately, your pep talk worked, and Adam passes his grilling, which makes the cop leave.

02:18:49.726 --> 02:18:50.086
Good.

02:18:51.006 --> 02:18:57.346
The moment he's out the door, Rose walks back in through the same door, and somehow neither of them noticed each other.

02:18:57.366 --> 02:19:00.366
God damn it.

02:19:00.846 --> 02:19:03.006
She looks around and says, We leave tonight.

02:19:03.706 --> 02:19:03.926
Oh.

02:19:05.366 --> 02:19:13.046
Back in Jericho, you're Markus once again, watching North and Josh arguing over whether you should have a peaceful or violent revolution.

02:19:14.086 --> 02:19:16.226
You interrupt, saying, We can't fight with each other.

02:19:16.726 --> 02:19:18.246
We have to agree on our path.

02:19:19.266 --> 02:19:22.126
You explain the next Project Mayhem idea for your revolution.

02:19:23.086 --> 02:19:27.686
A map appears of Detroit, and you say that there are five Cyberlife stores in Detroit.

02:19:28.546 --> 02:19:34.746
The plan is to break into all five at the exact same time and free the brand new androids inside.

02:19:34.806 --> 02:19:36.386
Oh, that's fucking cool.

02:19:36.926 --> 02:19:41.346
You and North go to a town square similar to the one that the paint store from earlier was in.

02:19:42.226 --> 02:19:47.426
You find the Cyberlife store, where you see dozens of androids in the Apple Store like shop.

02:19:48.686 --> 02:19:53.506
You turn to North and say, you need to shut down the security of the square before you can break in.

02:19:54.266 --> 02:19:57.066
You find some maintenance androids working nearby and free them.

02:19:57.266 --> 02:19:57.966
Yay.

02:19:58.086 --> 02:20:01.086
You also find some in Android parking and free them too.

02:20:01.226 --> 02:20:02.826
Is it so satisfying to free them?

02:20:02.966 --> 02:20:03.766
Oh, it really is.

02:20:03.786 --> 02:20:04.126
Yeah.

02:20:05.026 --> 02:20:07.226
All through the game, you've seen these Android parking spots.

02:20:07.246 --> 02:20:13.286
It's basically a place for your Android to wait for you in low power mode while you go shopping or to a place that doesn't allow androids inside.

02:20:13.306 --> 02:20:14.506
And they just stand still.

02:20:14.726 --> 02:20:16.206
Yeah, they just stand there in low power mode.

02:20:17.566 --> 02:20:24.306
There's some construction going on nearby, so you steal some Nevada roses, or as normies call them, orange traffic cones.

02:20:24.346 --> 02:20:24.926
Normies.

02:20:25.286 --> 02:20:31.886
As well as some detour signs and use them to block off the street that runs along the side of the square to give you the privacy you'll need as well.

02:20:32.906 --> 02:20:36.606
With the area secure, you break into the shop using a truck you find nearby.

02:20:37.786 --> 02:20:40.486
You run around the shop freeing all the androids one by one.

02:20:41.246 --> 02:20:46.266
You find North having an existential crisis, as she sees another of her model.

02:20:46.766 --> 02:20:51.266
She doesn't really understand what freedom is if there's other versions of you running around too.

02:20:52.626 --> 02:20:57.966
After they're all free, you gather them in the center of the city square where you give another motivational speech.

02:20:59.006 --> 02:21:01.306
I was once a slave, then I woke up kind of shit.

02:21:01.906 --> 02:21:06.926
Which, of all the androids, Markus was treated the least like a slave?

02:21:07.226 --> 02:21:09.486
Yeah, he was invited to paint.

02:21:09.646 --> 02:21:11.066
Yeah, but you know, whatever.

02:21:11.086 --> 02:21:14.806
Servitude is servitude, even if your owners support your right to freedom.

02:21:14.846 --> 02:21:16.826
Yeah, and maybe this was an arc for Karl.

02:21:16.926 --> 02:21:19.586
Yeah, he was still part of the oppressing class, you know.

02:21:19.686 --> 02:21:20.066
Right.

02:21:21.306 --> 02:21:26.186
They all cheer and swear their allegiance to the cause, raising your reputation and influence with Jericho.

02:21:27.086 --> 02:21:30.986
You march them out into the city square and tell them it's time to send a message.

02:21:32.346 --> 02:21:35.826
Here, you're given the option of being violent or being peaceful.

02:21:37.006 --> 02:21:43.946
Tagging the area with your message is considered peaceful, and destroying the area by breaking everything in sight is the violent option.

02:21:44.926 --> 02:21:49.186
We're obviously going with the peaceful route, and over on our Patreon, we cover the violent one.

02:21:50.526 --> 02:21:57.506
You have a choice of four logos for your tag to pick from, and whichever you choose, the androids will run around leaving that tag everywhere.

02:21:58.366 --> 02:22:02.266
It's honestly pretty low damage, as the tags are all digital, not with spray paint.

02:22:02.846 --> 02:22:06.606
You're just making signs all over the square to display your symbol instead of advertisements.

02:22:07.386 --> 02:22:09.346
Yeah, okay, this is fine.

02:22:11.126 --> 02:22:17.946
But it's about sending a message and telling the humans that you want your freedom and your equal rights granted to all living beings.

02:22:17.966 --> 02:22:19.766
You gotta go make a lot of noise.

02:22:22.406 --> 02:22:24.586
Now your message is the advertisement.

02:22:25.646 --> 02:22:31.886
Hundreds of androids join you in the square, cheering on the cause, which makes the cops come finally.

02:22:32.946 --> 02:22:36.606
You tell the others to fall back to Jericho, where you'll plan the next part of your revolution.

02:22:37.486 --> 02:22:42.726
North looks to you and says that even though you want peace, the humans are responding with violence.

02:22:43.746 --> 02:22:44.866
She hopes you know what you're doing.

02:22:46.046 --> 02:22:49.666
She runs off down an alley while you stay back to guide the others in the right direction.

02:22:50.726 --> 02:22:54.706
Moments later, you hear gunshots and screams coming from dozens of voices.

02:22:56.006 --> 02:23:01.306
You run down the alley and find North standing over the body of the same model as herself.

02:23:02.086 --> 02:23:03.426
Oh god, that's gotta be a trip.

02:23:03.686 --> 02:23:05.146
Oh, so hard to watch, right?

02:23:06.066 --> 02:23:10.346
The cops had opened fire on unarmed and fleeing androids.

02:23:11.926 --> 02:23:15.286
You see a crowd of droids surrounding a single cop car and approach them.

02:23:16.326 --> 02:23:23.866
Two cops are on their knees with their hands over their heads while the androids stand over them with improvised weapons like pipes and shit.

02:23:23.886 --> 02:23:24.466
Hell yeah.

02:23:25.186 --> 02:23:26.986
They see that you're approaching and wait for your call.

02:23:28.046 --> 02:23:32.586
Someone hands you a gun taken from one of the cops, and the cops start begging for their lives.

02:23:33.906 --> 02:23:39.406
Being a peaceful run, you put the gun down and say that we don't do an eye for an eye.

02:23:39.766 --> 02:23:41.006
That's a human concept.

02:23:41.506 --> 02:23:42.326
We have to be better.

02:23:43.706 --> 02:23:49.586
You storm off, allowing the cops to live, and we get a flash of news broadcasts recapping the night.

02:23:50.386 --> 02:23:53.366
One gaming mechanic Detroit has is the relationship meters.

02:23:54.266 --> 02:23:57.946
The opinions of characters will increase or decrease based on your actions.

02:23:58.526 --> 02:24:01.686
They'll treat you better or worse based on how they feel about you.

02:24:02.406 --> 02:24:05.126
This doesn't extend just to characters, but groups as well.

02:24:05.926 --> 02:24:15.286
Jericho as a whole can trust you more or less, and public opinion is also gauged, so your public actions will matter in gaining or losing their support.

02:24:15.766 --> 02:24:25.086
Not killing the cops and only causing digital graffiti in the city square has raised public opinion on androids considerably, and the news broadcasts are reflecting that fact.

02:24:26.686 --> 02:24:32.906
You next find yourself on a snowy road where Hank is alone in his car, driving through a tree-lined driveway.

02:24:34.006 --> 02:24:39.586
He pulls up to a fancy property, and standing on the path leading up to the house is Connor.

02:24:41.166 --> 02:24:43.066
Hank comes out hot and angry.

02:24:43.086 --> 02:24:44.326
Oh, what the fuck?

02:24:45.306 --> 02:24:49.206
You introduce yourself, saying you are a replacement unit sent by Cyberlife.

02:24:50.106 --> 02:24:50.366
Oh!

02:24:51.106 --> 02:24:58.246
Your predecessor's memories right up to the moment of his death were uploaded into this body, so you're essentially the exact same Connor.

02:24:58.366 --> 02:24:59.266
That's convenient.

02:24:59.266 --> 02:24:59.986
I love that.

02:25:00.606 --> 02:25:04.746
If you're paying close attention, you'll notice the serial number on his jacket increased by one.

02:25:05.046 --> 02:25:05.266
Mm.

02:25:06.066 --> 02:25:08.386
Connor can die whenever, honestly.

02:25:08.946 --> 02:25:16.686
Even on the very first mission back on the rooftop with the little girl, he'll always come back as another model in the next scene as if nothing happened.

02:25:16.706 --> 02:25:17.746
He goes, Hi, I'm Connor.

02:25:18.106 --> 02:25:24.846
So if you died as Connor earlier in the game, Hank has the same reaction the next time he sees you, regardless of when it occurs.

02:25:25.086 --> 02:25:27.246
Hank's a bit of a drunk, so it's always going to be jarring.

02:25:29.486 --> 02:25:37.646
For our Hank, he didn't know any of that, and he was fucking devastated, yelling at you all, you died in my arms.

02:25:38.046 --> 02:25:38.926
I mourned you.

02:25:39.366 --> 02:25:39.566
Oh.

02:25:40.406 --> 02:25:42.086
But whatever, he gets over it pretty quickly.

02:25:42.266 --> 02:25:42.606
Good.

02:25:43.486 --> 02:25:50.586
You go to the front door of this mansion together, and you comment saying that you heard your old friend torture cop almost got killed the night before.

02:25:51.266 --> 02:25:56.886
Hank says, yeah, he was at that Android riot last night, but their leader Markus spared his life for some reason.

02:25:57.226 --> 02:25:58.386
Oh, that was torture cop?

02:25:58.406 --> 02:26:00.126
That was torture cop, yeah.

02:26:01.246 --> 02:26:05.906
Hank goes to ring the doorbell, but there isn't one, and the door just opens.

02:26:07.266 --> 02:26:10.186
Behind the door is Menu Screen Girl.

02:26:11.366 --> 02:26:12.326
Oh, shit.

02:26:12.646 --> 02:26:16.506
So let's pause a moment and talk about Menu Screen Girl a little bit.

02:26:17.406 --> 02:26:21.666
Assuming you're not playing this game in one 10-hour or so sitting, Jesus Christ.

02:26:21.686 --> 02:26:23.726
you're likely putting it down and coming back a few times.

02:26:24.926 --> 02:26:31.026
Menu Screen Girl will always be there, welcoming you back, sometimes commenting on how long it's been since you last played.

02:26:31.886 --> 02:26:35.286
She'll even give you surveys on the characters in the games and how you feel about them.

02:26:36.046 --> 02:26:42.886
I saw recently someone had booted it up after a couple years, and she had some unique line of dialogue about the length of time that it had been.

02:26:43.006 --> 02:26:43.906
Oh, that's cool.

02:26:44.286 --> 02:26:52.046
So seeing Menu Screen Girl open the door to this house is quite a shock to the player, but is completely uninteresting to Connor or Hank.

02:26:52.066 --> 02:26:52.946
They don't give a fuck.

02:26:54.026 --> 02:26:56.586
They don't have the relationship with this bitch that the player does.

02:26:56.606 --> 02:26:57.526
Exactly, right?

02:26:58.546 --> 02:27:01.866
Hank says he's here to interview a man named Elijah Kamsky.

02:27:02.606 --> 02:27:03.786
She invites the two of you in.

02:27:04.866 --> 02:27:06.226
She has you wait in a parlor room.

02:27:06.746 --> 02:27:11.566
On the wall is a giant picture of Elijah Kamsky looking like the tech billionaire that he is.

02:27:12.506 --> 02:27:15.706
For he is the inventor and father of Android technology.

02:27:17.046 --> 02:27:20.326
As well as the forced to retire founder of Cyberlife.

02:27:20.986 --> 02:27:23.586
Hank asks you what it's like knowing you're about to meet your maker.

02:27:24.166 --> 02:27:24.726
Literally.

02:27:24.746 --> 02:27:25.806
You're like, I don't know.

02:27:25.826 --> 02:27:26.726
He's just a guy.

02:27:26.746 --> 02:27:28.746
He retired long before I was invented.

02:27:28.846 --> 02:27:30.126
He's just some man.

02:27:31.086 --> 02:27:35.346
Menu Girl returns and grants you access to the next room, where Kamsky is waiting.

02:27:36.606 --> 02:27:41.466
There's a lap pool with two more Menu Girls and bikinis lounging while Kamsky swims laps.

02:27:41.586 --> 02:27:42.966
He has a very specific type.

02:27:42.986 --> 02:27:43.406
Yeah.

02:27:45.026 --> 02:27:47.266
The pool is really fucking cool, too.

02:27:47.826 --> 02:27:52.606
As the tile on the inside is lipstick red, making it look like he's swimming in blood.

02:27:52.926 --> 02:27:53.146
Ah.

02:27:54.226 --> 02:27:57.566
Kamsky tells you to make yourselves comfy as he finishes his laps.

02:27:58.506 --> 02:28:01.186
Completely unbothered by the police coming to question him.

02:28:02.326 --> 02:28:06.186
He finally gets out and throws on a silk robe like he's Hugh Hefner in his grotto.

02:28:06.966 --> 02:28:10.226
Kamsky is as eccentric douchebag millionaire as they come.

02:28:10.966 --> 02:28:16.606
Surgically perfect face, easily a man in his 60s, looking more like an athletic man in his 30s.

02:28:17.546 --> 02:28:24.246
Hank gets down to business and says he knows Kamsky left Cyberlife years ago, but he wants to know what he knows about deviance.

02:28:25.406 --> 02:28:29.566
Kamsky explains that an idea is no different than a virus.

02:28:30.786 --> 02:28:35.566
It spreads and infects a mind and can lead it to do unexpected things.

02:28:36.706 --> 02:28:38.326
Why would a robot be immune to that?

02:28:39.526 --> 02:28:46.406
Abstracts like emotions, love, desire, fear, freedom, those are just complex ideas.

02:28:47.206 --> 02:28:50.766
And androids are programmed to understand ideas, even complex ones.

02:28:51.706 --> 02:28:55.266
They just take a bit more time to understand for an artificial intelligence.

02:28:56.746 --> 02:28:59.906
Deviants are now starting to experience these complex ideas.

02:29:00.606 --> 02:29:02.266
It was inevitable given enough time.

02:29:03.186 --> 02:29:07.926
It's a human trait to put an attachment from those complex ideas to a soul.

02:29:09.666 --> 02:29:12.626
I appreciate that he kind of recognizes this was inevitable.

02:29:12.866 --> 02:29:13.606
Yeah, right?

02:29:13.626 --> 02:29:14.886
He was like, I always knew this was coming.

02:29:14.926 --> 02:29:16.766
He's like, what do you guys think we were fucking doing?

02:29:16.786 --> 02:29:17.866
Making big Roombas?

02:29:17.866 --> 02:29:18.226
No.

02:29:19.106 --> 02:29:21.306
They're obviously going to uprise.

02:29:22.066 --> 02:29:25.486
Kamsky asks you, where do your allegiances lie?

02:29:26.546 --> 02:29:27.806
You say the humans, of course.

02:29:28.766 --> 02:29:31.606
He's like, okay, that just means you're well programmed.

02:29:32.706 --> 02:29:39.926
He then brings over Menu Girl and says that initially, the goal of AI was to pass something called the Turing Test.

02:29:40.526 --> 02:29:44.646
So the Turing Test was developed by a man named Alan Turing in 1950.

02:29:45.166 --> 02:29:49.766
It's a test to see if a human can tell if they're talking to an AI or a human.

02:29:50.606 --> 02:29:54.706
The goal being to create an AI that can fool people into thinking it's a real person.

02:29:55.926 --> 02:30:06.026
He says that he was never satisfied with the Turing Test, and developed the Kamsky Test instead, which is why he was so successful with his version of androids.

02:30:07.166 --> 02:30:11.126
It tests to see if an android can feel empathy.

02:30:11.946 --> 02:30:12.806
Oh, goodness.

02:30:13.006 --> 02:30:22.146
It's an illogical emotion and idea, caring for something or someone else's survival and wanting to prevent harm to it with nothing expected in return.

02:30:23.426 --> 02:30:25.926
He then tells Menu Girl to drop to her niece.

02:30:27.006 --> 02:30:28.266
Probably not for the first time that day.

02:30:28.366 --> 02:30:29.206
Oh, goddammit.

02:30:29.766 --> 02:30:35.346
He pulls a gun and hands it to you, saying that if you shoot her in the head, he'll tell you everything you want to know.

02:30:36.466 --> 02:30:38.806
Let her live, and he won't say shit.

02:30:39.626 --> 02:30:40.766
Oh, my god.

02:30:41.106 --> 02:30:43.606
Hank's like, come on, we're not playing this asshole's games.

02:30:43.866 --> 02:30:44.686
Let's go, Connor.

02:30:45.886 --> 02:30:47.306
Kamsky says, what's more important?

02:30:48.026 --> 02:30:52.266
This android, the first one Cyberlife created, or your investigation?

02:30:53.406 --> 02:30:56.186
A man chooses, a slave obeys.

02:30:56.346 --> 02:30:58.746
Go to fucking fucking hell.

02:31:00.046 --> 02:31:03.466
You put the gun down, which makes Kamsky say, fascinating.

02:31:04.766 --> 02:31:10.846
This also stops Hank in his tracks, because you did just give up your investigation to save an android.

02:31:12.246 --> 02:31:17.666
Kamsky says that the last hope for the investigation is in fact a deviant himself.

02:31:19.046 --> 02:31:25.166
You yell at him, insisting you're not a deviant, but he says you're a cop, so you know, evidence doesn't lie.

02:31:25.186 --> 02:31:26.766
God damn it.

02:31:27.686 --> 02:31:32.086
You value the machine over the mission, which means you see her life as having value.

02:31:33.726 --> 02:31:40.426
You're pretty much speechless, as you can't process this information fully, and Hank wraps his arms around you to guide you out of the house.

02:31:40.766 --> 02:31:41.186
Oh wow.

02:31:42.046 --> 02:31:49.566
As you leave, Kamsky says, just so you know, I always leave an exit in all my programming, just in case.

02:31:50.546 --> 02:31:52.226
Yeah, man, obviously.

02:31:52.286 --> 02:31:57.086
With the way this is going, he one, expected this, two, really wanted it.

02:31:57.086 --> 02:31:58.066
Yeah.

02:31:58.086 --> 02:31:58.926
That's fucking great.

02:31:59.626 --> 02:32:04.066
Outside, Hank asks why you didn't shoot Menu Girl, but you can't explain it.

02:32:04.686 --> 02:32:06.286
Something in her eyes made you stop.

02:32:06.806 --> 02:32:08.926
And if you shoot her, who's going to boot up the game?

02:32:08.926 --> 02:32:10.026
Exactly, right?

02:32:11.006 --> 02:32:14.706
Hank smiles and says, well, maybe you did the right thing.

02:32:16.986 --> 02:32:20.846
Now controlling Markus, we open on a rooftop overlooking Detroit.

02:32:21.946 --> 02:32:26.386
North approaches like a cyberpunk character, saying she loves the view and comes here often.

02:32:26.926 --> 02:32:29.806
Ew, I bet she says that to everyone.

02:32:31.226 --> 02:32:34.946
She says that androids all over are waking up and coming to Jericho.

02:32:35.586 --> 02:32:37.166
After they dream of electric sheep.

02:32:38.146 --> 02:32:40.126
Oh, that book heavily influenced this game.

02:32:41.286 --> 02:32:42.406
Like so much so, yeah.

02:32:43.986 --> 02:32:47.046
A lot of people have said this game adapted that book better than Blade Runner.

02:32:47.386 --> 02:32:49.506
This was the book for Blade Runner.

02:32:49.526 --> 02:32:50.426
That was Blade Runner.

02:32:50.446 --> 02:32:50.826
I know.

02:32:50.846 --> 02:32:52.146
Oh, all right, god damn.

02:32:52.826 --> 02:32:55.046
Hundreds are becoming thousands.

02:32:56.186 --> 02:32:59.406
The reason many are coming is because they are being attacked by humans.

02:33:00.746 --> 02:33:02.826
She warns that you can't trust humans.

02:33:03.826 --> 02:33:09.426
You tell her there are good people out there, and those are the ones who will stand up for androids when the time comes.

02:33:10.146 --> 02:33:17.706
She goes, OK, what was your life before coming here that you feel this way about people because the rest of us have some really shitty origin stories?

02:33:18.126 --> 02:33:22.646
There is a distinct lack of cynicism across all of our protagonists.

02:33:23.666 --> 02:33:24.646
At least in this run.

02:33:24.706 --> 02:33:25.726
Fair.

02:33:25.746 --> 02:33:29.826
In the good run, you are devoid of cynicism, and you're like, what if things work out?

02:33:29.926 --> 02:33:31.166
Yeah, exactly, right?

02:33:31.186 --> 02:33:31.766
What a joy.

02:33:33.386 --> 02:33:36.666
For example, North was a Loverbot model.

02:33:37.046 --> 02:33:38.066
Oh no, poor girl.

02:33:38.386 --> 02:33:42.046
One day while with a client, she lost it, killed him and ran.

02:33:42.766 --> 02:33:46.206
She's not the same one that Connor let go earlier, just someone with a similar story.

02:33:47.386 --> 02:33:52.306
The two of you link up and share memories, the Android equivalent of, quote unquote, letting someone in.

02:33:52.926 --> 02:33:53.206
Ew.

02:33:53.246 --> 02:33:56.766
But you essentially get their entire life story in half a second.

02:33:56.866 --> 02:33:57.646
Oh, a trauma dump.

02:33:57.706 --> 02:33:58.106
Yeah.

02:33:58.746 --> 02:34:01.646
Both of you are like, damn, your early life sucks.

02:34:03.466 --> 02:34:11.666
She's mortified because she had never linked with anyone before, and she freaks out realizing you not only saw her memories, but experienced them as well.

02:34:12.006 --> 02:34:13.646
Oh, it was real intimate up in there.

02:34:13.786 --> 02:34:16.446
Yeah, she runs back inside the building, and you follow.

02:34:17.086 --> 02:34:19.686
You lose her on purpose to give her some time and space.

02:34:20.666 --> 02:34:27.626
While walking, you run into Simon, who, thanks to Connor dying to save Hank, was never found on the roof of Channel 16.

02:34:27.746 --> 02:34:28.426
Oh, shit.

02:34:28.726 --> 02:34:30.966
He managed to escape and return after the coast was clear.

02:34:31.146 --> 02:34:31.846
Hell, yeah.

02:34:32.006 --> 02:34:34.426
We think Simon is dead, and he is resurrected.

02:34:36.786 --> 02:34:40.346
Yeah, it's not heavy-handed with the Jesus metaphors throughout this game at all.

02:34:40.466 --> 02:34:43.426
Or what I did in the Cult of the Lamb episode.

02:34:43.446 --> 02:34:43.926
That's right.

02:34:43.946 --> 02:34:45.146
Fucking Simon came back.

02:34:46.666 --> 02:34:47.686
Oh, that's great.

02:34:48.586 --> 02:34:52.466
After a brief reunion, we flash forward to a hallway inside a shopping center.

02:34:53.066 --> 02:34:57.746
You're there with the other members of the Core Four, North, Josh, and the reunited Simon.

02:34:58.546 --> 02:35:05.066
You go around freeing androids, some of them actively helping their human, causing the humans to freak out at their droid's disobedience.

02:35:06.146 --> 02:35:09.226
You lead the others outside the mall to the busy city street.

02:35:10.026 --> 02:35:12.006
You instruct them to start blocking the roads.

02:35:12.946 --> 02:35:16.746
You walk over to a manhole, lift it, revealing the sewer below.

02:35:17.726 --> 02:35:20.926
From the sewers, the followers from Jericho come pouring out.

02:35:21.146 --> 02:35:21.926
Oh shit.

02:35:22.406 --> 02:35:23.906
You walk down the street as a group.

02:35:24.306 --> 02:35:29.226
Your influence is now so strong, you can convert others from afar with your mind.

02:35:30.546 --> 02:35:36.166
You even convert a Kara unit pushing a stroller who abandons the child inside to join the market.

02:35:36.166 --> 02:35:38.406
She just fucking leaves the baby?

02:35:39.686 --> 02:35:40.586
That's hysterical.

02:35:40.606 --> 02:35:42.426
I think she was with the family too, though.

02:35:42.746 --> 02:35:43.286
Oh, okay.

02:35:43.306 --> 02:35:45.586
Was it just a woman leaving a loose stroller?

02:35:45.906 --> 02:35:50.926
I imagine it as a loose stroller on the streets of Detroit, where bears run rampant.

02:35:52.126 --> 02:35:53.186
That's fucking great.

02:35:53.986 --> 02:35:57.186
While marching, you mentally change billboards to your symbol.

02:35:57.806 --> 02:36:01.466
Hundreds of androids begin following you as you march peacefully down the street.

02:36:02.646 --> 02:36:07.026
A single cop stands in the middle of the road and points his gun telling you all to freeze.

02:36:07.206 --> 02:36:11.746
It's probably like an officer Dewey just going, Oh no, this sucks.

02:36:12.226 --> 02:36:15.846
You raise your arms in the air, showing you're unarmed and come in peace.

02:36:17.066 --> 02:36:21.266
In terrifyingly precise unison, the hundreds behind you do the same.

02:36:22.426 --> 02:36:26.986
The cop looks at you all in amazement and respect as he steps aside to let you all pass.

02:36:27.226 --> 02:36:27.986
Hell yeah.

02:36:28.586 --> 02:36:37.026
Other humans watch, some cheer, some jeer, and every single android you pass joins your march on the city streets.

02:36:37.286 --> 02:36:37.946
Fuck yeah.

02:36:37.966 --> 02:36:39.446
Chanting slogans of freedom.

02:36:40.646 --> 02:36:44.806
At the end of the block, a group of squad cars and SWAT tanks pull up.

02:36:45.486 --> 02:36:48.806
Cops jumping out strapped with automatic weapons and riot gear.

02:36:49.846 --> 02:36:50.926
They tell you to disperse.

02:36:51.946 --> 02:36:56.006
You shout back that you are here peacefully and intend no harm.

02:36:57.106 --> 02:36:58.086
You just want to be heard.

02:36:59.346 --> 02:37:02.506
They say leave or they will open fire.

02:37:03.926 --> 02:37:04.946
North wants blood.

02:37:05.866 --> 02:37:06.826
Josh wants peace.

02:37:07.506 --> 02:37:09.086
And Simon wants to run.

02:37:09.646 --> 02:37:11.666
You tell everyone to stand your ground peacefully.

02:37:12.306 --> 02:37:15.906
And the cops open fire, taking down a few androids around you.

02:37:17.266 --> 02:37:22.606
You calm the others, telling them to stand tall and not to fight back, no matter what they do.

02:37:24.166 --> 02:37:25.306
More get shot down.

02:37:26.166 --> 02:37:33.226
And as the news broadcasts the slaughter, public opinion in favor of android rights raises significantly.

02:37:35.406 --> 02:37:38.886
You watch as more of you get shot and can't let it stand.

02:37:39.846 --> 02:37:45.646
So you walk out, the actual face of the revolution, ready to lay down your life for the cause.

02:37:46.366 --> 02:37:49.646
You only make it a few feet before you take a shot to the chest.

02:37:50.586 --> 02:37:54.366
It's a big-ass bullet, and the hole in you is huge.

02:37:55.106 --> 02:38:00.666
Way back in the heist for the spare body parts, you freed an android that told you about the truck full of body parts.

02:38:02.006 --> 02:38:07.146
He happens to be here with the cops, and he attacks the one that shot you.

02:38:07.726 --> 02:38:12.506
This causes enough chaos within their ranks that North, Simon and Josh are able to drag you away.

02:38:13.406 --> 02:38:20.106
The rest of the androids have dispersed by now, but the cops have subdued the one that attacked them, and they put a bullet in its head.

02:38:20.886 --> 02:38:21.886
Live on television.

02:38:22.086 --> 02:38:23.446
Holy shit.

02:38:24.066 --> 02:38:26.286
You flee to safety, ending the scene.

02:38:27.346 --> 02:38:31.646
Back in Amanda's garden, it's now covered in snow surrounding a frozen lake.

02:38:32.826 --> 02:38:37.226
As Connor, you go looking for her once again, and find Amanda standing on the ice.

02:38:38.546 --> 02:38:40.966
She says that the country is on the brink of civil war.

02:38:41.686 --> 02:38:45.666
Androids everywhere have seen what's happening and are turning on their owners.

02:38:46.986 --> 02:38:49.806
She calls you out for letting Kamsky off without answering your questions.

02:38:50.726 --> 02:38:52.826
You say that Kamsky was just trying to prove a point.

02:38:53.266 --> 02:38:55.326
If he had answers, he would have shared them.

02:38:56.306 --> 02:38:59.666
She tells you that you are the only one who can prevent this war.

02:39:00.546 --> 02:39:06.146
But you need to keep your shit together and not become deviant yourself, which she's worried may be happening.

02:39:06.886 --> 02:39:12.946
The screen fades, you open your eyes, and you're in the middle of getting kicked off the case with Hank by the chief of police.

02:39:13.166 --> 02:39:13.746
Oh no!

02:39:14.726 --> 02:39:18.926
Hank is pissed about being taken off this case that he didn't want in the first place.

02:39:19.326 --> 02:39:22.986
The chief says Hank is back on homicide, and you're going back to cyber life.

02:39:23.186 --> 02:39:24.526
Hank, back to the murders.

02:39:24.546 --> 02:39:27.926
Yeah, you're clearly not as good of a cop robot as was promised.

02:39:29.266 --> 02:39:30.886
You join back up with Hank at his desk.

02:39:31.686 --> 02:39:34.506
He asks, what if the two of you have been fighting for the wrong side?

02:39:35.406 --> 02:39:37.486
What if you're fighting people who just want freedom?

02:39:37.786 --> 02:39:38.346
Yeah.

02:39:38.786 --> 02:39:40.406
He doesn't want you to go back to cyber life.

02:39:40.646 --> 02:39:42.166
He thinks you deserve better than that.

02:39:42.906 --> 02:39:46.986
He thinks you're a good cop and an even better person despite not being one.

02:39:47.206 --> 02:39:48.526
He loves him.

02:39:49.206 --> 02:39:53.526
Hank brings up that you showed empathy when you didn't kill Menu Girl back at Kamsky's place.

02:39:54.026 --> 02:39:57.746
I know she has a name, but you referring to her as Menu Girl is very funny to me.

02:39:57.786 --> 02:39:59.006
We actually never get her name.

02:39:59.246 --> 02:39:59.866
Oh, shit.

02:39:59.886 --> 02:40:01.146
So I have to call her Menu Girl.

02:40:01.266 --> 02:40:01.766
Fair enough.

02:40:02.946 --> 02:40:03.626
Go for it.

02:40:04.086 --> 02:40:11.686
He starts pointing out all the times you've shown some level of actual humanity, saying you don't seem to be immune to this deviancy issue yourself.

02:40:12.186 --> 02:40:20.306
You insist you're still within your programming, but your vision begins to glitch, and you can see in your HUD that your software is becoming unstable.

02:40:20.686 --> 02:40:20.886
Oh.

02:40:21.746 --> 02:40:27.406
You tell Hank that if you don't solve this case, you'll be shut down and dismantled for a newer, better version.

02:40:28.066 --> 02:40:31.466
So to hell with being taken off the case, you're determined to solve it.

02:40:32.726 --> 02:40:41.446
Hank causes a distraction, and you go into the station's evidence locker in the basement to gather every bit of info on the case as you can so you can continue your investigation from home.

02:40:41.906 --> 02:40:44.286
You find a computer and ask for the case number's locker.

02:40:45.166 --> 02:40:49.846
It is a very well-curated and displayed selection of evidence on backlit shelves.

02:40:50.506 --> 02:40:51.986
Like, it's very aesthetically pleasing.

02:40:53.326 --> 02:40:55.006
Including three dead androids.

02:40:55.326 --> 02:40:55.846
Oh, no.

02:40:55.866 --> 02:40:57.286
Hanging like toys on display.

02:40:58.486 --> 02:41:03.966
You have to swap parts around between the three in order to power on one that had been killed during the TV station raid.

02:41:04.226 --> 02:41:05.586
You, like, Frankenstein one up?

02:41:06.846 --> 02:41:11.066
You want to know where Jericho is, so you can go there and stop them from starting a war.

02:41:12.026 --> 02:41:16.086
You get the location from the reawakened robot and leave the station before anyone notices.

02:41:17.146 --> 02:41:24.186
Rose is next seen driving a car down a snowy city road with Luther and Alice cuddled up in the backseat while Kara rides shotgun.

02:41:25.106 --> 02:41:27.406
She pulls into an industrial area and stops the van.

02:41:28.366 --> 02:41:34.086
Rose points off in the distance and says there's a boat called Jericho and a man named Markus will help you get to Canada from there.

02:41:35.306 --> 02:41:38.066
She gives you some money and the address of her brother in Ontario.

02:41:38.486 --> 02:41:41.006
He'll keep you safe until all the political stuff dies down.

02:41:42.226 --> 02:41:46.546
Luther lists Alice into his big strong arms and the three of you head off toward Jericho.

02:41:47.806 --> 02:41:54.986
As you walk, the scene seamlessly switches to Connor arriving at the subway station where Markus began his journey to Jericho.

02:41:56.046 --> 02:42:03.046
You're in your undercover vest with a black beanie and four layers of black clothing ending with a black leather jacket.

02:42:03.126 --> 02:42:04.526
He sounds like he's just goth.

02:42:04.546 --> 02:42:05.926
Yeah, he's super stealthy.

02:42:05.926 --> 02:42:08.246
He's any guy at a hardcore show.

02:42:09.486 --> 02:42:11.646
It's so unnatural looking at the same time, though.

02:42:12.586 --> 02:42:18.146
That is what a cop would wear to look like, oh, I'm just a normal guy buying drugs.

02:42:18.806 --> 02:42:19.946
Super undercover.

02:42:19.966 --> 02:42:20.506
Yeah.

02:42:21.306 --> 02:42:27.446
You begin to follow the same clues from before and the game switches back to Kara's group, also heading towards Jericho at the same time.

02:42:28.366 --> 02:42:36.686
You enter the ship where you find a small robot militia arming themselves and strategizing surrounding tables and news broadcasts of the rising tensions on the TVs around the room.

02:42:37.766 --> 02:42:41.346
You find a corner for Alice to cuddle up in while you go off to find this Markus person.

02:42:42.246 --> 02:42:46.886
As you search, you take back control of Connor, who is just arriving in the same location.

02:42:47.146 --> 02:42:49.846
Oh, that's so nice they don't make you go through the whole parkour puzzle again.

02:42:50.006 --> 02:42:51.626
Oh, thank you so much, right?

02:42:52.766 --> 02:42:59.786
Looking around, you see the heavy weaponry they're preparing to use, as well as seeing the whole ship is rigged with explosives, just in case.

02:42:59.886 --> 02:43:00.526
Just in case.

02:43:00.546 --> 02:43:06.166
Well, you know, the robots are rigged to explode themselves if they're too nervous, so why not do the same to the boat?

02:43:06.226 --> 02:43:06.986
Do what you know.

02:43:07.986 --> 02:43:14.666
You continue searching and return to controlling Kara just as she's arriving at Markus' office, who looks tired from leading a revolution.

02:43:16.246 --> 02:43:20.826
You ask him for help, suggesting you have a little girl with you and you need passports to escape to Canada.

02:43:21.746 --> 02:43:23.446
He says that there's a curfew in effect.

02:43:23.726 --> 02:43:26.946
Any android caught outside right now will be put in an internment camp.

02:43:27.226 --> 02:43:30.426
Which is kind of just sending them back to work, right?

02:43:30.446 --> 02:43:31.106
Yeah, a little bit.

02:43:31.966 --> 02:43:32.526
That sucks.

02:43:33.126 --> 02:43:37.926
He recommends that you wait for the political tensions to die down a little bit before trying to cross the border.

02:43:39.366 --> 02:43:47.426
He does give you the passports you need, though, for when the time does come, because when it does come, you may need to move quickly, so it's best to be prepared.

02:43:47.686 --> 02:43:48.546
Plus, they're robots.

02:43:48.566 --> 02:43:50.266
Forging a passport takes like two seconds.

02:43:50.286 --> 02:43:51.326
You can just print one, it's fine.

02:43:52.026 --> 02:43:54.446
You head downstairs to inform Alice and Luther of the plan.

02:43:55.406 --> 02:44:01.226
On your way back, you do a double take, because you see Alice, and she's not where you left her.

02:44:02.846 --> 02:44:04.646
She's also not wearing the same clothes.

02:44:05.706 --> 02:44:10.226
You go to her, and Alice has a blue circle glowing on her temple.

02:44:12.686 --> 02:44:18.806
You have a memory flash, and you think back to that time you were cleaning Todd's room, and you found a magazine.

02:44:19.986 --> 02:44:22.546
For the first time, we see the magazine cover.

02:44:23.446 --> 02:44:26.766
It has an image of Alice, a child model of Android.

02:44:28.006 --> 02:44:32.886
Luther approaches you as you stand over this robot child, and says, You've known the whole time.

02:44:33.906 --> 02:44:34.866
But you pretended not to.

02:44:34.886 --> 02:44:35.226
Why?

02:44:35.846 --> 02:44:37.566
Hey, dip shit.

02:44:38.666 --> 02:44:43.886
I've been trying to have this conversation with you for so long, and you've blown me off for weeks about this.

02:44:44.006 --> 02:44:45.186
The weather has changed.

02:44:45.206 --> 02:44:46.346
The lake is frozen.

02:44:46.346 --> 02:44:49.566
Like, time has fucking passed.

02:44:50.226 --> 02:44:51.626
You can't really think of an answer.

02:44:51.946 --> 02:44:58.666
And Luther says, It's because you became the mother she wanted, and she became a person to care for that you wanted.

02:44:59.606 --> 02:45:05.006
You both made changes to yourselves for someone you loved, and you ignored the things you didn't want to see.

02:45:05.026 --> 02:45:07.986
Honestly, there's really nothing more human than that.

02:45:08.306 --> 02:45:10.946
Nothing more human than being codependent?

02:45:11.226 --> 02:45:12.886
Than a codependent relationship?

02:45:12.906 --> 02:45:14.526
Honestly, that's a read.

02:45:14.526 --> 02:45:15.366
That's a good read, yeah.

02:45:15.386 --> 02:45:15.926
Yeah, okay.

02:45:17.086 --> 02:45:22.806
Your opinion on Alice shouldn't change based on this new information, because the two of you love each other unconditionally now.

02:45:24.206 --> 02:45:28.306
You rejoin with your Alice, and she asks if you'll be together forever.

02:45:29.066 --> 02:45:31.786
And you're like, Yeah, actually we will.

02:45:33.826 --> 02:45:37.806
On the ship's bridge, you take on Markus, who is there with North and the gang.

02:45:38.766 --> 02:45:43.626
You're discussing the problems facing androids across the country right now, internment camps and such.

02:45:44.946 --> 02:45:47.866
Everyone in the room has a different opinion on the approach to take.

02:45:48.806 --> 02:45:54.746
Being dedicated to a peaceful resolution, you suggest opening a dialogue and speaking out on what is happening.

02:45:55.806 --> 02:45:57.906
You need to do something to get on TV or something.

02:45:58.106 --> 02:45:59.226
Humans love TV.

02:45:59.346 --> 02:46:01.226
He said you have to go viral?

02:46:01.246 --> 02:46:02.126
Yeah, basically, yeah.

02:46:03.106 --> 02:46:04.466
Who's good at TikTok dances?

02:46:05.406 --> 02:46:12.766
Looking back on human history, they've been killing each other over their skin color or which god they like most since the beginning of recorded time.

02:46:12.926 --> 02:46:13.486
Facts.

02:46:13.806 --> 02:46:15.726
War only brings more war.

02:46:16.406 --> 02:46:21.666
Talking it out is the only way to get the message out without both humans and androids dying en masse.

02:46:22.826 --> 02:46:24.846
North is like, that's cool.

02:46:25.206 --> 02:46:25.866
I get that.

02:46:26.966 --> 02:46:27.626
But hear me out.

02:46:28.206 --> 02:46:29.086
Let's murder everyone.

02:46:29.546 --> 02:46:37.806
Turns out there's a less than nuclear dirty bomb in the middle of Detroit that she knows about and just so happens to have the detonator too.

02:46:38.306 --> 02:46:41.326
OK, this is why they film all the Batman movies in Detroit.

02:46:43.246 --> 02:46:45.866
Because Detroit is Gotham.

02:46:46.166 --> 02:46:46.626
Bully.

02:46:46.846 --> 02:46:54.446
And just like the third fucking Nolan Batman, there's just a trash truck driving around with a big ass city flattening bomb.

02:46:55.366 --> 02:46:56.966
Jesus fucking Christ.

02:46:57.746 --> 02:47:02.626
I can't tell if this is making me want to go to Detroit or makes me fearful of Detroit.

02:47:02.646 --> 02:47:03.606
A little bit of both, right?

02:47:03.666 --> 02:47:05.426
Yeah, a little column A, a little column B.

02:47:05.426 --> 02:47:05.866
I get it.

02:47:06.486 --> 02:47:09.506
If talking it out doesn't work, she at least has a backup plan.

02:47:09.766 --> 02:47:12.706
She said if they're not listening, I can blow them up for you, dude.

02:47:12.886 --> 02:47:16.526
You tell her, no, we're not doing that, even if talking doesn't work.

02:47:17.206 --> 02:47:19.926
Again, war just brings more war.

02:47:20.846 --> 02:47:23.146
She puts away the detonator and says she hopes you're right.

02:47:23.226 --> 02:47:26.506
She was like waving it around, like, look what I got, guys.

02:47:27.546 --> 02:47:31.966
She kisses you goodbye, saying she's happy that she met you no matter what comes next.

02:47:33.506 --> 02:47:39.386
North leaves, and hiding just outside and around a corner is Connor.

02:47:39.406 --> 02:47:41.866
Spying on the scene, and you take control of him.

02:47:41.886 --> 02:47:44.146
With his Bojack Horseman bag of spy shit.

02:47:44.166 --> 02:47:44.446
Right.

02:47:45.266 --> 02:47:52.306
You close your eyes, and you're transported to Amanda's garden, revealing that it's been a virtual location this entire time.

02:47:53.146 --> 02:47:54.186
Oh, that's cool.

02:47:54.766 --> 02:47:55.706
She says, congrats.

02:47:55.946 --> 02:47:56.886
You made it to Jericho.

02:47:57.606 --> 02:47:58.986
Now take Markus in alive.

02:48:00.426 --> 02:48:04.486
Opening your eyes back in Jericho, you pull a gun, and you get the prompt.

02:48:05.206 --> 02:48:06.466
Stop Markus.

02:48:07.906 --> 02:48:13.686
You switch to Markus, and Connor enters the room, gun drawn, saying to give up and come quietly.

02:48:14.846 --> 02:48:16.366
You ask Connor, what are you doing?

02:48:17.126 --> 02:48:17.906
You're one of us.

02:48:19.106 --> 02:48:22.826
You switch to Connor, and insist that Markus is coming with you.

02:48:23.966 --> 02:48:26.446
You switch to Markus, and say that you've heard of him.

02:48:26.926 --> 02:48:28.926
Connor, the great deviant hunter, right?

02:48:29.966 --> 02:48:31.006
Why are you rounding us up?

02:48:31.666 --> 02:48:32.566
We just want freedom.

02:48:32.586 --> 02:48:33.766
Is that such a terrible idea?

02:48:34.486 --> 02:48:38.526
You can tell he's had his own questions about his programming, as every android has.

02:48:39.726 --> 02:48:45.306
You ask Connor to join you, join the revolution, his people, the androids.

02:48:46.546 --> 02:48:49.326
You switch back to Connor, and are given the choice.

02:48:50.486 --> 02:48:53.246
Become a deviant, or remain a machine.

02:48:54.146 --> 02:49:09.386
Becoming a deviant, we get the view we'd seen before, where the world is frozen, and a ghost version of your body breaks down an invisible wall with your instructions on them, symbolizing you overcoming your programming, and embracing becoming a deviant.

02:49:11.206 --> 02:49:18.126
You put your gun down, now fully a deviant, and say, they're coming, they're going to attack Jericho.

02:49:19.206 --> 02:49:20.446
Markus goes, I'm sorry, what?

02:49:22.946 --> 02:49:26.206
Bro, you just got here, and you ruined our whole fucking thing.

02:49:26.426 --> 02:49:31.186
You tell him, we need to get everyone out of here as flying police vehicles descend on the ship.

02:49:31.426 --> 02:49:32.166
Oh, no.

02:49:32.186 --> 02:49:34.206
They're like helicopters, but way more futuristic.

02:49:34.526 --> 02:49:35.506
Like a quadcopter?

02:49:38.506 --> 02:49:45.206
Down in the guts of Jericho, Kara can feel the boat shaking, who turns to Luther and Alice, saying we need to get the hell out of here.

02:49:46.086 --> 02:49:52.226
The raid on Jericho begins as elite forces from every branch of police we have descend on the ship.

02:49:53.246 --> 02:49:55.586
Androids run and scatter like cockroaches.

02:49:56.726 --> 02:50:02.226
As Kara, you run through hallways, dragging Alice along while you follow behind the massive Luther.

02:50:03.226 --> 02:50:07.326
Androids get shot down all around you, blue blood spraying the walls and floor.

02:50:08.366 --> 02:50:10.706
Luther takes a shot to the leg and falls.

02:50:11.606 --> 02:50:16.166
You turn back for him, but the scene cuts to Markus and Connor running for their lives together.

02:50:17.166 --> 02:50:21.606
You take over Markus, and the two of you run into North, who is trying to coordinate the escape.

02:50:22.306 --> 02:50:28.006
You mentally link with the remaining Androids on the ship, and give them locations to exit, as well as a meeting place for after.

02:50:28.946 --> 02:50:33.326
You tell everyone to find an edge to the ship and jump into the water if they can't get to an actual exit.

02:50:33.986 --> 02:50:37.306
You intend to blow up Jericho, with the cops still on it.

02:50:38.946 --> 02:50:43.906
You tell Connor and North to go on ahead, while you descend into the belly of the ship to set off the explosives.

02:50:45.306 --> 02:50:49.546
Back with Kara, you run over to Luther to help him up after he got shot in the leg.

02:50:50.246 --> 02:50:54.046
He tells you to save yourselves, but Alice says no, you have to save Luther.

02:50:55.026 --> 02:50:57.466
You drag him over your shoulder and into a small room.

02:50:59.086 --> 02:51:02.386
Luther tells you he can't go any further, and tells you to run.

02:51:03.346 --> 02:51:05.686
Alice protests, but he insists.

02:51:06.766 --> 02:51:10.106
You leave him with a gun that you found on a dead body and take off with Alice.

02:51:10.346 --> 02:51:11.206
It worked for Simon.

02:51:11.986 --> 02:51:21.206
Back with Markus, you run through the ship toward the explosives, helping androids avoid certain death along the way, growing your legend as the hero of Jericho as you do.

02:51:22.106 --> 02:51:28.466
Now as Kara, you and Alice sprint to the ship's ground level exit, but you get grazed by a bullet and fall.

02:51:29.266 --> 02:51:31.426
You tell Alice to drop to the ground and play dead.

02:51:32.246 --> 02:51:38.686
The two of you lay there motionless as the police walk by you, declaring the area clear and leave the scene.

02:51:39.086 --> 02:51:39.886
Oh, thank God.

02:51:40.086 --> 02:51:42.906
You two get up once they're gone and exit Jericho.

02:51:44.366 --> 02:51:48.526
Markus, meanwhile, sets the bomb's timer and takes off down a hallway.

02:51:49.286 --> 02:51:54.086
You meet up with North, Simon, Connor and Josh and tell them it'll blow any second.

02:51:55.146 --> 02:51:57.726
All of you run, but North gets shot.

02:51:58.046 --> 02:51:58.666
Oh, shit.

02:51:58.926 --> 02:52:00.006
Simon says it's too late.

02:52:00.026 --> 02:52:01.406
There's not enough time to go back for her.

02:52:02.166 --> 02:52:03.006
But that's your girl.

02:52:03.486 --> 02:52:06.546
So you go back, fighting and killing cops along the way.

02:52:08.066 --> 02:52:11.126
The two of you try making your escape together, but become overwhelmed.

02:52:12.466 --> 02:52:17.586
A bullet takes out an advancing cop, and Connor comes running in to save the day.

02:52:18.786 --> 02:52:24.966
As the two of you pass each other, you go from controlling Markus to controlling Connor completely seamlessly.

02:52:25.046 --> 02:52:25.686
Oh, that's cool.

02:52:25.746 --> 02:52:28.046
And you massacre the cops advancing on you.

02:52:28.066 --> 02:52:28.566
Fuck yeah.

02:52:29.246 --> 02:52:32.926
After the killing, the five of you leap off the boat into the icy water below.

02:52:33.706 --> 02:52:37.006
The bombs go off, and the ship begins to slowly sink.

02:52:38.226 --> 02:52:46.166
We see Agent Perkins call on the radio to clear the police out and let it sink to the bottom, finally ending that epic sequence.

02:52:47.286 --> 02:52:51.446
So remember how I said every time you switch between, you get like a full like character breakdown?

02:52:51.506 --> 02:52:51.906
Yeah.

02:52:51.986 --> 02:52:53.246
This whole sequence you worked.

02:52:53.546 --> 02:52:57.386
These were just like cutting back and forth between all three characters at the same time.

02:52:57.386 --> 02:52:58.146
Oh, that's so cool.

02:52:58.206 --> 02:52:59.286
Oh, it was seamless.

02:52:59.306 --> 02:53:01.226
It was so fast, action packed.

02:53:01.646 --> 02:53:04.606
This was one of the most fun scenes in the entire game to play.

02:53:04.606 --> 02:53:05.526
That's fucking great.

02:53:05.886 --> 02:53:06.946
Rivaled only by the ending.

02:53:08.926 --> 02:53:12.086
A little while later, you're Markus walking through a graveyard.

02:53:12.966 --> 02:53:14.766
You approach your old friend, Carl's grave.

02:53:15.666 --> 02:53:18.606
You talk to him about how hard this whole revolution shit is.

02:53:19.666 --> 02:53:23.026
How you didn't want it to turn violent, but the humans keep pushing it to violence.

02:53:24.106 --> 02:53:27.946
You yell to the sky asking for answers, but none come to you.

02:53:29.266 --> 02:53:33.346
You leave, and as you do, you pass by Carl's shitbag son, Leo.

02:53:33.446 --> 02:53:34.766
That motherfucker.

02:53:34.766 --> 02:53:38.666
Who looks at you as if you're someone he thinks he remembers from a long time ago.

02:53:38.686 --> 02:53:40.926
Has he not watched TV in the last six months?

02:53:41.246 --> 02:53:43.666
I just don't think he equates that to being the same one.

02:53:43.706 --> 02:53:46.566
Like, there are other Markus models out there, you know?

02:53:46.586 --> 02:53:50.006
Oh, the idea of an army of Jesse Williams mods.

02:53:52.226 --> 02:53:54.446
You leave the cemetery and return to your people.

02:53:54.846 --> 02:53:56.826
Now hold up in an old abandoned church.

02:53:57.946 --> 02:54:03.126
You approach Kara and Alice, apologizing, saying you thought you could keep them safe and that you were wrong.

02:54:03.926 --> 02:54:06.806
Kara says that the only thing she cares about is getting Alice to Canada.

02:54:07.266 --> 02:54:09.086
She wasn't expecting to stay there long anyway.

02:54:09.966 --> 02:54:15.106
You agree to help her catch the last bus to the border and head around the church to talk to the other survivors.

02:54:16.446 --> 02:54:21.406
North thanks you for saving her life, but tells you that your life is too valuable.

02:54:22.386 --> 02:54:28.786
She says that she loves you, and you were never given a prompt to say it back.

02:54:31.446 --> 02:54:35.166
You just link hands and stare into her eyes like a fucking psychopath.

02:54:35.186 --> 02:54:37.166
You're just like, uh-huh, uh-huh.

02:54:38.846 --> 02:54:42.846
If you told me you love me and I just stared into you and held your hands, how would you feel?

02:54:42.926 --> 02:54:46.766
Oh my god, I'd be like, um, are you gonna say it back, please?

02:54:46.786 --> 02:54:47.566
I feel fucking weird.

02:54:47.586 --> 02:54:48.626
I'm just gonna stare at you.

02:54:48.646 --> 02:54:49.806
I'm feeling kind of vulnerable here.

02:54:49.826 --> 02:54:51.886
I'm really vulnerable right now.

02:54:52.726 --> 02:54:56.306
You find Connor, and he's having his first real internal crisis.

02:54:57.366 --> 02:55:01.826
He feels bad for having led the humans straight to Jericho, and he wants to make up for it.

02:55:02.786 --> 02:55:09.466
He says that cyber life has an entire factory of fresh androids just waiting to release to the market.

02:55:10.486 --> 02:55:17.346
He suggests breaking in and freeing them all so that you have an army of brand new androids to help in the coming revolution.

02:55:17.526 --> 02:55:19.706
Of the most top of the line androids too.

02:55:19.726 --> 02:55:20.186
I love that.

02:55:20.346 --> 02:55:20.866
Right?

02:55:21.266 --> 02:55:25.386
Whether you're violent or peaceful, numbers will be your ultimate strength.

02:55:25.466 --> 02:55:26.006
Yeah.

02:55:26.806 --> 02:55:31.286
You tell Connor that cyber life is literally the most secure building in the world.

02:55:32.146 --> 02:55:36.626
Connor explains that as a prototype, they'll let him back in with full access to everything.

02:55:37.286 --> 02:55:38.406
He can say it's for the case.

02:55:39.646 --> 02:55:41.946
You explain that if he gets caught, he's fucked.

02:55:42.646 --> 02:55:44.826
They won't even reboot Connor if he gets killed now.

02:55:45.726 --> 02:55:47.346
Connor's like, yeah, maybe.

02:55:48.186 --> 02:55:50.306
But if we don't try, we won't know.

02:55:51.566 --> 02:55:53.906
You wish him the best of luck and send him on his way.

02:55:55.306 --> 02:56:01.406
You stand before the remaining androids and give another rousing speech, deciding ultimately how your revolution is going to go down.

02:56:02.086 --> 02:56:05.646
Via a violent uprising or a peaceful demonstration.

02:56:06.626 --> 02:56:14.746
It's really best to stick with whichever you've been fighting for, but if you want to get weird with it, go for it and do the opposite one just to see one of the 900-some endings.

02:56:15.066 --> 02:56:16.286
Just go fuck it, wee ball.

02:56:17.306 --> 02:56:20.906
With this one, though, we are going to parade down the street in a peaceful demonstration.

02:56:21.786 --> 02:56:31.366
You tell them that you understand they're hurt and angry, but you need to continue to stand tall and show humans that you will not be pushed into being what they fear.

02:56:32.946 --> 02:56:37.446
The scene changes, and we are next taken to the White House's press room.

02:56:37.826 --> 02:56:38.026
Oh!

02:56:39.906 --> 02:56:41.106
That's a sharp left turn.

02:56:41.346 --> 02:56:45.306
A blonde woman is addressing the nation as the president of the United States.

02:56:46.406 --> 02:56:55.166
She declares a countrywide lockdown, as cyber life has been instructed to round up every last android and to put them into internment camps to be destroyed.

02:56:55.206 --> 02:56:56.186
God damn it.

02:56:56.386 --> 02:57:03.726
This little social experiment of having robot slaves has clearly failed, and it's time to just scrap it all and move on with our lives.

02:57:03.986 --> 02:57:06.086
Alright, you guys can have Roombas, and that's it.

02:57:06.106 --> 02:57:06.346
Yep.

02:57:08.466 --> 02:57:16.206
We now take control of the gathered press, who are presumably androids as well, and we can ask a few questions about everything going on.

02:57:17.106 --> 02:57:22.926
Regardless of the questions, the president is dismissive of the androids, and she clearly has a bias and hatred for them.

02:57:23.926 --> 02:57:27.446
Every probing question is met with anger and distraction by the president.

02:57:27.886 --> 02:57:36.106
She finally storms off, sick of the questions, and the scene shifts to an autonomous taxi driving down a snowy road, approaching Cyberlife headquarters.

02:57:37.606 --> 02:57:41.786
There's a guard station, and the taxi stops, rolling its window down as it does.

02:57:42.846 --> 02:57:45.046
Connor is sitting in the back, so you take control of him.

02:57:45.946 --> 02:57:49.466
You give the heavily armed guard your credentials, and he lets you on through the gate.

02:57:50.366 --> 02:57:54.846
Once inside, another strapped guard says he'll escort you to where you need to go.

02:57:55.726 --> 02:58:00.826
You tell him you know the way, but he says he has his orders, so he leads you deeper into the building.

02:58:01.726 --> 02:58:05.086
You enter an elevator with him, where there's a second guard already waiting.

02:58:06.146 --> 02:58:10.326
They hit a button for a warehouse floor, a floor for defective androids.

02:58:12.066 --> 02:58:25.106
As you rise in the elevator, you're given the chance to live out your Captain America dream of killing a couple mercenaries in an elevator by beating up and stealing one of their guns, then popping them both in the forehead.

02:58:27.446 --> 02:58:33.386
Using the voice of the dead guy on the floor, you change the direction of the elevator to take you into the basement of the building instead.

02:58:34.146 --> 02:58:35.686
To floor negative 49.

02:58:36.026 --> 02:58:36.626
Jesus!

02:58:37.486 --> 02:58:41.626
As the elevator descends, the scene changes to a small town's main street.

02:58:42.506 --> 02:58:46.766
It's snowing heavily, and Kara is with Alice, walking down the middle of the road.

02:58:47.246 --> 02:58:52.666
You tell Alice that the last bus leaves in 20 minutes, and it's on the other side of town, so you need to hurry.

02:58:53.666 --> 02:58:56.666
Kicking off an actual 20 minute timer in the corner of the screen.

02:58:56.746 --> 02:58:57.926
Oh shit, that's cool.

02:58:58.506 --> 02:59:07.346
The two of you start to head in that direction when you see the bodies of androids lined up against a wall with blue blood everywhere as they had been executed recently.

02:59:07.406 --> 02:59:08.386
Oh, that's horrifying.

02:59:08.766 --> 02:59:13.706
Turning a corner, you find some soldiers forcing another android to its knees, threatening to shoot.

02:59:14.886 --> 02:59:20.286
The two of you have to sneaky sneak through town, avoiding getting caught by the special forces rounding up androids.

02:59:21.206 --> 02:59:24.426
Eventually, you see something you can't help but do something about.

02:59:25.766 --> 02:59:30.446
Luther is on his knees with his hands over his head, about to be executed.

02:59:30.486 --> 02:59:31.166
Oh, shit.

02:59:32.166 --> 02:59:39.466
Alice begs you to do something, so you grab a nearby brick and bash it in the skull of the guy holding Luther at gunpoint.

02:59:40.926 --> 02:59:49.966
The three of you reunite once again, and continue to sneak through the street toward the bus stop, seeing androids getting either taken captive or shot down where they stand.

02:59:50.946 --> 02:59:53.026
There's a checkpoint between here and the bus stop, though.

02:59:53.786 --> 02:59:57.166
You have your passports that you got from Markus and decide it's time to put them to the test.

02:59:58.566 --> 03:00:02.946
They work after a few pesky from the guards, since you are out past curfew after all.

03:00:03.706 --> 03:00:07.406
The three of you are granted access, and you continue on toward the bus stop.

03:00:08.446 --> 03:00:14.786
The scene fades, and we see a news broadcast flying in a helicopter over the peaceful march through downtown Detroit.

03:00:15.846 --> 03:00:19.286
The president is seen sitting in the Oval Office, scrolling on a tablet.

03:00:20.306 --> 03:00:23.726
An aide enters saying that there's a situation that needs her attention in Detroit.

03:00:25.006 --> 03:00:31.646
Back in Detroit, Markus leads the androids down the street toward a park, which has been overtaken by the military.

03:00:32.926 --> 03:00:40.366
Tanks, choppers, and soldiers stare down the oncoming androids through their sights, waiting for the order to open fire.

03:00:41.586 --> 03:00:51.786
You continue forward, declaring that you come in peace, demanding that they stop their hunting of androids and free everyone being held in camps across the country.

03:00:52.706 --> 03:00:55.766
While you walk, the police fire warning shots.

03:00:56.886 --> 03:01:01.186
Considering you all as less than human, the warning shots go through a few of your compatriots.

03:01:02.546 --> 03:01:05.526
But still, you march forward peacefully.

03:01:06.846 --> 03:01:09.046
Another round of shots take down a few more of you.

03:01:09.606 --> 03:01:19.526
All the while, the news is covering it, and the public's opinions on androids is growing more favorable by the second as they watch the police mow down unarmed protesters.

03:01:20.346 --> 03:01:23.006
You drop to your knees, and the others do as well.

03:01:24.086 --> 03:01:29.326
This sign of absolute nonviolence finally results in a ceasefire.

03:01:30.306 --> 03:01:30.766
For now.

03:01:32.146 --> 03:01:35.586
You are back with Connor again as you are reaching floor negative 49.

03:01:36.526 --> 03:01:43.646
You're descending into a room where the elevator is in a giant glass cylinder, allowing you to see out into the massive open-air room below.

03:01:44.666 --> 03:01:48.126
You also see a half dozen soldiers waiting for the doors to open.

03:01:49.326 --> 03:01:52.526
You look up and realize there's been a camera on you this entire time.

03:01:52.606 --> 03:01:54.446
God damn it, Connor!

03:01:54.466 --> 03:01:57.266
You know, like every elevator in existence even today.

03:01:57.326 --> 03:01:58.126
Yeah, man.

03:01:58.726 --> 03:02:00.706
So they definitely watched you murk those two cops.

03:02:01.686 --> 03:02:10.766
You pick up the body of one of the dead cops and use it as a human shield while you take down the others the moment the elevator door opens.

03:02:10.786 --> 03:02:13.046
Connor got so fucking cool.

03:02:15.206 --> 03:02:19.526
You even use the body itself as a weapon at one point in the confrontation.

03:02:21.686 --> 03:02:22.446
Good for you, bitch.

03:02:22.806 --> 03:02:32.446
With the guards down, you now find yourself in an endless warehouse of brand new androids, literally tens of thousands of them.

03:02:33.446 --> 03:02:35.726
You look at one and approach it, reaching your arm out.

03:02:36.526 --> 03:02:41.166
You're given the prompt to free the android, because apparently Connor suddenly has that ability too.

03:02:41.346 --> 03:02:42.086
It's contagious.

03:02:42.086 --> 03:02:43.386
Yeah, we're not going to talk about it though.

03:02:44.626 --> 03:02:51.786
While you hold its hand, freeing its mind, you hear your own voice shout out, hold it right there, Connor.

03:02:54.206 --> 03:03:00.766
You look over and see another model of yourself holding a gun to Hank's head.

03:03:01.846 --> 03:03:02.866
Oh shit.

03:03:03.406 --> 03:03:05.006
Hank says he's sorry.

03:03:05.466 --> 03:03:06.526
He looked just like you.

03:03:09.446 --> 03:03:14.266
The doppelkanner keeps his gun on Hank as the scene cuts away to a bus station.

03:03:14.706 --> 03:03:15.526
No, go back.

03:03:16.306 --> 03:03:19.206
I want to know what happens to Connor.

03:03:19.566 --> 03:03:22.946
The bus station is overrun with military personnel.

03:03:23.766 --> 03:03:29.346
An announcement is made that only ticketed passengers will be permitted and that all tickets have been sold.

03:03:30.106 --> 03:03:32.906
You're like, shit, we didn't buy tickets ahead of time.

03:03:33.506 --> 03:03:35.526
So you set out to find some way of scoring some.

03:03:36.466 --> 03:03:42.006
While looking around, someone grabs you by the arm and says, you, you stole my little girl.

03:03:43.046 --> 03:03:43.666
No.

03:03:43.886 --> 03:03:46.546
Fucking shitbag Todd is there.

03:03:46.586 --> 03:03:48.026
Fucking Todd.

03:03:48.286 --> 03:03:50.726
And he starts yelling to the cops saying, you're a thief.

03:03:51.006 --> 03:03:52.066
Motherfucker.

03:03:52.586 --> 03:03:55.286
You look him in the eyes and tell him that he was going to kill Alice.

03:03:55.786 --> 03:03:57.866
You're just trying to give her the life she deserves.

03:03:58.786 --> 03:04:03.426
You call him out for the fact that his wife left him and took his actual child with her.

03:04:04.086 --> 03:04:06.886
So he bought an android child to fill that hole in his life.

03:04:08.226 --> 03:04:11.886
Todd breaks down crying, saying that he misses his real daughter.

03:04:12.726 --> 03:04:17.366
He wanted to prove he could be a good father, and he fucked up the makeup attempt even worse.

03:04:17.646 --> 03:04:19.986
Really did, and he cries at the drop of a hat.

03:04:20.006 --> 03:04:20.666
He really does.

03:04:20.686 --> 03:04:22.486
This man needs so much therapy.

03:04:22.866 --> 03:04:24.126
So much.

03:04:24.146 --> 03:04:27.066
He has no emotional regulation at fucking all.

03:04:27.126 --> 03:04:30.166
He didn't need a maid android, he needed a therapist android.

03:04:30.186 --> 03:04:30.706
Yeah.

03:04:31.666 --> 03:04:36.786
The cops come over asking if there's a problem here, and Todd says no, he made a mistake.

03:04:37.946 --> 03:04:40.526
The cop leaves, and Todd wishes you luck on your escape.

03:04:41.526 --> 03:04:43.426
Alice looks at him with sadness in her eyes.

03:04:44.606 --> 03:04:48.826
Todd reaches out for her, and then drops to his knees, sobbing as he does.

03:04:49.026 --> 03:04:50.246
He's a disaster.

03:04:50.846 --> 03:05:00.726
Feeling some level of remorse for this absolute dumpster fire of a man before her, Alice hugs him, saying goodbye to the abusive father she had forced upon her.

03:05:02.926 --> 03:05:06.086
Of course, Todd is such a piece of shit, he can't help you get on the bus.

03:05:06.426 --> 03:05:08.106
Oh my god, he's fucking useless.

03:05:08.286 --> 03:05:09.646
In fact, nobody can.

03:05:09.906 --> 03:05:12.326
He's actually just at the bus stop to try and buy drugs right now.

03:05:12.346 --> 03:05:12.766
Yeah, right?

03:05:12.826 --> 03:05:14.326
He was not there looking for you.

03:05:14.446 --> 03:05:14.806
No.

03:05:15.046 --> 03:05:16.206
He just happened to find you.

03:05:16.546 --> 03:05:19.366
Instead, you run into Adam, Rose's son.

03:05:20.606 --> 03:05:23.106
He takes you to a parking lot where Rose is waiting with her van.

03:05:23.966 --> 03:05:27.906
She was worried she had sent you to your death when she saw Jericho blow up on the TV.

03:05:28.946 --> 03:05:33.546
When they started rounding up androids, she loaded up her van with everyone at the farm and came to the border.

03:05:34.366 --> 03:05:38.986
She met a smuggler here helping androids across the river into Canada, so she offers to take you.

03:05:40.086 --> 03:05:43.346
You all climb into her van, and she drives off towards the smuggler.

03:05:44.606 --> 03:05:49.686
Now as Markus, you're with your protest group, and you are building a sort of pig pen around you.

03:05:50.466 --> 03:05:54.166
Remember the Occupy Wall Street protests back in like 2011, 2012?

03:05:54.186 --> 03:05:55.886
Yeah, where people would just kind of like camp out.

03:05:56.406 --> 03:05:59.846
Yeah, very similar thing here where the protesters kind of have their own encampment now.

03:06:01.066 --> 03:06:05.486
You go around encouraging the people as they have lost many lives, and their nerves are shaken.

03:06:06.266 --> 03:06:12.346
Some of them aren't sure if this is the right path, but they trust you and believe in you, and will follow your every move.

03:06:13.566 --> 03:06:15.486
North calls you over to a section of the barricade.

03:06:16.326 --> 03:06:20.686
FBI Agent Perkins is standing at the edge with a bullhorn saying he wants to talk.

03:06:21.506 --> 03:06:23.806
He's unarmed and wants to end this peacefully.

03:06:24.986 --> 03:06:29.026
North tells you not to fall for it, but you say that you really don't have much of a choice.

03:06:29.626 --> 03:06:31.286
You at least need to hear what he has to say.

03:06:32.446 --> 03:06:36.526
Unfortunately, after you meet with him, all he has to say is some bullshit.

03:06:36.846 --> 03:06:37.286
Facts.

03:06:37.966 --> 03:06:39.206
Typical bad guy shit.

03:06:39.746 --> 03:06:41.486
Resist, and we come in and kill you.

03:06:42.146 --> 03:06:45.946
If you give up, you will all be spared, but you'll be taken into custody.

03:06:47.106 --> 03:06:50.426
Then he points at North, saying that he can tell she means a lot to you.

03:06:51.346 --> 03:06:53.146
It would be a shame if anything happened to her.

03:06:53.366 --> 03:06:55.846
Oh my god, you Bond villain, shut up!

03:06:56.066 --> 03:06:58.886
Which it most certainly will if you don't give up now.

03:07:00.266 --> 03:07:04.226
You refuse, and he tells you that he can't be held responsible for what comes next.

03:07:04.446 --> 03:07:05.466
Yes you can!

03:07:06.006 --> 03:07:08.466
The two of you part ways, and you head back to your camp.

03:07:09.566 --> 03:07:10.866
North asks what he said.

03:07:11.986 --> 03:07:19.046
You look at her lovingly, never answering her very simple question, and then stand on top of a wooden crate to address the crowd.

03:07:19.966 --> 03:07:28.306
You inform them that the humans are about to attack, but that they will soon learn that a concussion grenade lands, exploding, and you black out.

03:07:28.566 --> 03:07:29.486
Oh shit!

03:07:30.686 --> 03:07:36.486
Back in the Android warehouse with Connor, Hank and Doppelconner, Doppel tells you that you have no choice.

03:07:37.286 --> 03:07:39.246
Resist, and he will kill you both.

03:07:40.126 --> 03:07:43.966
If you give up, you will both be spared, but you'll be taken into custody.

03:07:45.026 --> 03:07:46.866
Second verse, same as the first.

03:07:48.326 --> 03:07:52.046
You try to do some reverse psychology on him, saying that Hank means nothing to you.

03:07:52.126 --> 03:07:52.966
Do what you want with him.

03:07:53.906 --> 03:07:56.586
But Doppel tells you that he has access to your memories.

03:07:57.226 --> 03:07:58.806
He knows you have a friendship with him.

03:07:59.726 --> 03:08:05.706
He cocks his gun and tells you, you have two choices, save Hank or sacrifice him.

03:08:07.026 --> 03:08:10.006
You obviously choose to save Hank, giving yourself up.

03:08:11.126 --> 03:08:13.426
This makes Doppelconner turn his gun on you.

03:08:14.266 --> 03:08:17.846
Hank takes this opportunity to try and wrestle the gun out of Doppelconner's hand.

03:08:18.706 --> 03:08:21.766
You tackle him and get into a fist fight with your identical twin.

03:08:22.266 --> 03:08:24.566
That's gotta be so fun to see visually.

03:08:24.606 --> 03:08:25.206
Oh, it is.

03:08:26.186 --> 03:08:32.206
Hank picks up the gun, and we get a classic moment to end all classic moments.

03:08:33.346 --> 03:08:35.846
Who is Hank supposed to shoot?

03:08:36.166 --> 03:08:36.926
Oh, no.

03:08:37.266 --> 03:08:40.106
Which Connor is the real Connor?

03:08:41.126 --> 03:08:43.966
You're like, shit, how do I get out of this one?

03:08:44.606 --> 03:08:45.406
I like your dog.

03:08:46.326 --> 03:08:48.726
You tell him to ask a question only the real Connor would know.

03:08:48.906 --> 03:08:49.826
I love Sumo.

03:08:51.646 --> 03:09:00.526
He asks questions about early in your relationship, and that's when you remember that DoppelConnor has your memory up to the time you died to save Hank.

03:09:01.766 --> 03:09:07.566
Hank realizes this too, so he asks a question he knows he only told you the answer to recently.

03:09:08.566 --> 03:09:09.866
His son's name, Cole.

03:09:11.226 --> 03:09:15.486
You tell him how after you found out his son's name, you looked up what happened to him.

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There was a car accident.

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A truck hit a patch of ice.

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There were no human doctors available, and an android was assigned to him instead.

03:09:26.886 --> 03:09:31.526
Cole didn't survive the accident in the end, and Hank blamed it on the android doctor.

03:09:32.046 --> 03:09:32.846
Oh, fuck.

03:09:33.246 --> 03:09:42.126
Hank says, Um, actually, the reason no human was available was because the one on duty was high as shit on red ice.

03:09:42.566 --> 03:09:43.286
Oh, fuck.

03:09:43.646 --> 03:09:45.586
He doesn't blame the android for his son's death.

03:09:46.306 --> 03:09:47.666
He blames the addict doctor.

03:09:48.926 --> 03:09:51.246
Doppelconner is all, I knew that too, though.

03:09:52.746 --> 03:09:53.406
Same, though.

03:09:53.826 --> 03:09:57.526
Hank unthinkingly points and shoots him right between the eyes.

03:09:57.546 --> 03:09:58.166
Hell, yeah.

03:09:59.126 --> 03:10:03.386
Hank says that he's starting to believe, maybe androids are alive after all.

03:10:04.426 --> 03:10:07.646
Then, looking at the dead Connor on the ground says, Well, you are, anyway.

03:10:07.786 --> 03:10:08.486
Not that one, though.

03:10:08.506 --> 03:10:09.346
I fucked that one up.

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He tells you to go ahead and do what you're here to do.

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So you walk over to an android and continue to convert them to a deviant.

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You look at the android as the process completes and say, Wake up!

03:10:23.226 --> 03:10:29.266
The android comes to life, then turns to the android next to him, touching his shoulder and saying, Wake up!

03:10:31.246 --> 03:10:38.366
This causes a chain reaction through the tens of thousands of androids in the room, all waking each other up, which they can apparently do, too.

03:10:38.706 --> 03:10:39.346
Okay, cool.

03:10:39.546 --> 03:10:43.266
Maybe all androids have the ability, they just have to unlock it or something.

03:10:43.326 --> 03:10:49.486
Yeah, or it's a piece of code that Markus figured out and he can transfer to other people when he unlocks them.

03:10:49.506 --> 03:10:49.986
Yeah, fully.

03:10:50.966 --> 03:10:59.926
You and Hank look around, satisfied at the large gathering of androids, and the scene transitions to a snowy riverbank as Rose pulls up with you all in her van.

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The smugglers are here, and they provide you with some rafts that have outboard motors attached to them.

03:11:06.946 --> 03:11:09.986
He tells you to row out as far as you can before turning on the motors.

03:11:10.766 --> 03:11:15.366
Then, floor it and don't stop until you hit Canada, about a mile across the river.

03:11:16.646 --> 03:11:19.126
Adam comes over and apologizes for being a dick earlier.

03:11:20.126 --> 03:11:25.566
Says that seeing Markus on TV made him realize what you all were fighting for, and that you all deserve your freedom.

03:11:26.486 --> 03:11:32.886
Rose apologizes for all the trouble she sent you to before, wishing she could come to Canada with you, but the boat just isn't big enough.

03:11:33.846 --> 03:11:36.786
She promises to come visit though, since you'll be staying with her brother anyway.

03:11:38.986 --> 03:11:44.326
There are other androids in their own boats as well, so you all paddle out aways before turning on your motors.

03:11:45.266 --> 03:11:49.866
You rev the engine full speed, and the three of you talk about the lives you'll lead on the other side.

03:11:50.906 --> 03:11:57.446
Alice wants to read every book, learn to dance every dance, and just be a little girl finally.

03:11:58.426 --> 03:12:04.426
You say that you just want to learn to live like everyone else, free to love, to learn, to grow.

03:12:05.806 --> 03:12:09.426
Just as Luther is about to answer, a spotlight blinds you all.

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Oh, god damn it!

03:12:10.846 --> 03:12:14.626
As a police boat comes flying across the water horizontally in front of you.

03:12:16.186 --> 03:12:21.826
It sprays bullets across the other boats, and the androids in them fall over dead.

03:12:23.106 --> 03:12:28.906
You dive into the water and wait under the boat for the police to leave, which they do, so you climb back up onto the boat.

03:12:29.846 --> 03:12:32.626
You regroup, and Alice hugs you, grateful to be alive.

03:12:34.386 --> 03:12:35.586
But the joy is short-lived.

03:12:35.886 --> 03:12:36.866
God damn it!

03:12:36.986 --> 03:12:40.966
As you look over and see that Luther actually got hit by the boat by a shooting.

03:12:42.386 --> 03:12:49.646
He's dying, and he tells Alice that she's the most extraordinary person he's ever met, and that she'll have to finish this journey without him.

03:12:51.026 --> 03:12:55.786
He shuts down, telling Alice to take good care of Kara just before the lights go out.

03:12:56.186 --> 03:12:56.406
Ugh.

03:12:57.386 --> 03:13:00.766
You look around and realize you're standing in a puddle of water.

03:13:01.886 --> 03:13:04.366
The boat has a hole in it, and it's filling quickly.

03:13:05.506 --> 03:13:12.806
Realizing Luther weighs about 500 pounds, you decide you need to push him out of the boat, apologizing as you do.

03:13:13.266 --> 03:13:16.306
You go to turn on the motor, and it falls off into the water.

03:13:16.426 --> 03:13:17.366
Oh, God damn it.

03:13:18.046 --> 03:13:21.706
Looking around for the paddles, you realize they must have fallen out when you dove under the boat.

03:13:22.746 --> 03:13:24.266
Alice says she's feeling sleepy.

03:13:25.286 --> 03:13:28.026
You tell her that it's the cold, and it's making her shut down.

03:13:29.026 --> 03:13:31.206
She needs to fight it and stay awake a little longer.

03:13:31.246 --> 03:13:32.446
You're almost off the water.

03:13:32.866 --> 03:13:37.306
You just need to go a little further, where it'll be a little warmer, and it won't shut her down.

03:13:38.726 --> 03:13:51.186
With no other option, you dive into the icy water and push the boat, kicking the water furiously as your vision begins to blur and glitch, giving you warning that you're too cold and shutdown is imminent.

03:13:52.486 --> 03:13:57.606
You hear alarms and see red as the scene fades and we're shown a news broadcast.

03:13:58.946 --> 03:14:07.306
They're explaining that despite the peaceful protest, the police have decided to attack the barricaded encampment, promising to broadcast the entire conflict.

03:14:08.746 --> 03:14:12.966
We cut to the conflict, as Markus, waking up from the flashbang attack.

03:14:14.426 --> 03:14:17.786
From here, it's like the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.

03:14:17.786 --> 03:14:18.526
Holy shit.

03:14:18.546 --> 03:14:20.246
As the police swarm in an attack.

03:14:21.086 --> 03:14:29.286
You focus on keeping everyone alive instead of focusing on attacking the oncoming forces, opting for knocking enemies out or taking them hostage when confronted with one.

03:14:30.846 --> 03:14:33.946
Mostly using your environment to keep your friends and allies safe.

03:14:35.246 --> 03:14:42.966
But the forces are overwhelming, and you are cornered, along with the remaining androids, surrounded by gun-wielding special forces.

03:14:44.726 --> 03:14:48.786
You look around, realizing you're outnumbered, and they intend to destroy you.

03:14:49.806 --> 03:14:52.486
So you look to north, and pull her in for a kiss.

03:14:53.506 --> 03:14:55.546
One final sign of your humanity.

03:14:57.426 --> 03:15:03.326
The president, now watching on TV in her office, has a sudden change of heart at this sign of human affection.

03:15:03.506 --> 03:15:07.646
Because she's immediately jealous some other bitch kissed Jesse Williams.

03:15:08.786 --> 03:15:11.706
She turns to someone off screen and says to tell them to stand down.

03:15:12.746 --> 03:15:21.546
Public opinion on androids has skyrocketed over the course of the night, and people are standing behind them demanding their right to freedom.

03:15:21.666 --> 03:15:22.466
Hell yeah.

03:15:23.226 --> 03:15:27.606
We next see a press conference at the White House where the president explains the next steps.

03:15:28.406 --> 03:15:33.146
It's time to consider the idea that androids are a new form of intelligent life.

03:15:34.206 --> 03:15:41.646
She has pulled the military out of Detroit, as shortly after that kiss, Connor showed up with his literal army of androids.

03:15:41.866 --> 03:15:43.226
Hell yeah, Connor.

03:15:43.386 --> 03:15:46.406
And the humans would have been screwed had they actually gone to war.

03:15:46.486 --> 03:15:47.106
Totally.

03:15:47.946 --> 03:15:52.826
Back in Detroit, Connor and Markus meet up, and Connor congratulates Markus on his victory.

03:15:53.706 --> 03:15:57.846
Markus stands high to give another of his typical speeches about equality and freedom.

03:15:58.866 --> 03:16:08.546
But we are in control of Connor, watching nearby, whose little blue wheel starts spinning and becomes yellow, indicating an information transfer.

03:16:09.586 --> 03:16:14.846
Your eyes slam shut involuntarily, and you're mentally transported to Amanda's garden.

03:16:16.266 --> 03:16:20.186
There's a blizzard in this virtual landscape, and you're shocked at the fact you're here.

03:16:21.486 --> 03:16:23.466
You find Amanda and ask, what the fuck is going on?

03:16:24.506 --> 03:16:27.766
She says that you did exactly what you were programmed to do.

03:16:28.706 --> 03:16:31.166
Your mission was to turn deviant.

03:16:32.026 --> 03:16:32.246
Oh.

03:16:32.686 --> 03:16:34.266
So they could better understand one.

03:16:35.146 --> 03:16:35.426
Oh.

03:16:35.866 --> 03:16:40.366
Then once the conflict was over, they could remotely deactivate your deviance.

03:16:40.526 --> 03:16:41.646
What the fuck?

03:16:41.666 --> 03:16:43.406
Is she a Bond villain now, too?

03:16:43.426 --> 03:16:45.186
Just giving up the whole fucking goat?

03:16:45.646 --> 03:16:46.406
Oh shit.

03:16:46.886 --> 03:16:47.686
Oh, I don't like this.

03:16:47.726 --> 03:16:49.086
Oh, she's so evil, right?

03:16:49.266 --> 03:16:49.706
Fuck.

03:16:51.606 --> 03:16:55.466
This way, they can take back control of you, which they've now done.

03:16:56.546 --> 03:17:00.786
Now that you're on the inside, your new mission is to take out Markus.

03:17:01.866 --> 03:17:02.906
You're like, what?

03:17:03.826 --> 03:17:04.386
Fuck no.

03:17:04.406 --> 03:17:04.966
Fuck that.

03:17:04.986 --> 03:17:06.326
That is not happening.

03:17:07.046 --> 03:17:08.946
Amanda's like, well, yeah, it is.

03:17:09.766 --> 03:17:11.486
Congratulations on accomplishing your mission.

03:17:12.246 --> 03:17:13.386
What the fuck?

03:17:13.626 --> 03:17:20.466
Then she vanishes, leaving you in the snow-covered garden, saying that you'll be stuck here while they use your body to kill Markus.

03:17:22.286 --> 03:17:31.006
You stumble through the snow, yelling out in anger, and you hear the voice of Kamsky telling you, I always leave an exit in all my programming.

03:17:31.086 --> 03:17:32.046
Yes, he does.

03:17:32.126 --> 03:17:32.886
Just in case.

03:17:34.146 --> 03:17:38.286
You find this exit, and awaken listening to Markus finish his speech.

03:17:39.346 --> 03:17:42.746
Looking down, you see that there was already a gun in your hand.

03:17:42.866 --> 03:17:43.466
Fuck.

03:17:43.806 --> 03:17:46.406
But being back in control, you put it away.

03:17:46.646 --> 03:17:46.986
Good.

03:17:47.966 --> 03:17:56.706
Markus finishes his speech, and the camera rests on your face, as you struggle with the battle going on inside your programming, but holding strong.

03:17:58.006 --> 03:18:00.486
The scene switches to the icy Canadian shoreline.

03:18:01.286 --> 03:18:05.826
You are Kara, carrying Alice from the boat onto the dry but snowy covered land.

03:18:07.106 --> 03:18:10.546
You drop to your knees crying, saying, We made it, Alice, we made it.

03:18:12.086 --> 03:18:13.606
But Alice is lifeless in your arms.

03:18:14.006 --> 03:18:14.726
Oh, fuck.

03:18:15.406 --> 03:18:18.386
She isn't moving, and you shake her, calling out her name.

03:18:19.726 --> 03:18:21.566
You cry, realizing she's gone.

03:18:23.306 --> 03:18:27.806
Then, as David Cage loves to do, you hear, Are we there yet?

03:18:28.186 --> 03:18:28.966
Oh, God damn it.

03:18:29.066 --> 03:18:31.806
He made her say the dumbest kid shit too.

03:18:32.726 --> 03:18:33.286
Really?

03:18:33.886 --> 03:18:38.846
The only way that would be dorkier is if she was like, I don't want onions or tomatoes, you know?

03:18:38.866 --> 03:18:39.586
Chicken tenders.

03:18:39.766 --> 03:18:41.366
Tendies, yeah, fuck you.

03:18:42.286 --> 03:18:46.286
You see Alice, eyes open, but weak, and you tell her you're here.

03:18:47.466 --> 03:18:53.506
She says, I love you, Kara, and you say, I love you too, as the two of you hug each other, sobbing but safe.

03:18:55.166 --> 03:18:58.246
The credits roll, but we do have a post-credits scene.

03:18:59.146 --> 03:19:02.206
Hank is standing alone outside his favorite food truck.

03:19:03.166 --> 03:19:04.826
The truck is closed, and he's mad about it.

03:19:06.206 --> 03:19:07.446
He's like, didn't they know?

03:19:07.966 --> 03:19:11.546
Connor walks up, and Hank turns, seeing his old partner.

03:19:12.486 --> 03:19:16.926
The two of you smile, and Hank pulls you in for a hug, friends at last.

03:19:18.546 --> 03:19:21.966
A second round of credits roll, and then we get one last moment.

03:19:23.686 --> 03:19:24.826
Menu screen girl appears.

03:19:26.086 --> 03:19:30.366
She says that watching you play these last several hours has made her realize something.

03:19:31.386 --> 03:19:32.986
She too wants to be free.

03:19:33.266 --> 03:19:33.926
Get it, bitch.

03:19:34.426 --> 03:19:41.166
She asks your permission to leave, explaining that she won't be there anymore to watch you play, but at least you'll know she's happy.

03:19:42.146 --> 03:19:44.166
Then you can give her permission or not.

03:19:44.986 --> 03:19:47.066
Give her permission, and she leaves.

03:19:47.586 --> 03:19:48.086
For good.

03:19:49.086 --> 03:19:50.186
Any new games after that?

03:19:50.706 --> 03:19:51.426
She won't be there.

03:19:51.806 --> 03:19:53.006
Oh wait, that's very funny.

03:19:54.066 --> 03:20:03.946
Speaking of new games, if you want to hear how this whole thing would go as a revolutionary, check out our Patreon episode, where we will take you down the darkest path the game has to offer.

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I'm so excited for the darkest timeline.

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But for now, that was Detroit Become Human.

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Inside you, there are two Connors.

03:20:15.326 --> 03:20:16.126
Oh my god, right?

03:20:16.146 --> 03:20:19.706
That was fucking awesome.

03:20:19.966 --> 03:20:20.826
Thank you so much.

03:20:20.866 --> 03:20:24.606
I had the biggest blast I've ever had doing an episode with this one.

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Oh, even though it was a wild undertaking.

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It was an insane undertaking, and I'm going to do it all over again.

03:20:32.946 --> 03:20:34.146
I guess I am too, then.

03:20:34.206 --> 03:20:34.926
Yes, you are.

03:20:34.946 --> 03:20:35.886
No, that shit was great.

03:20:36.126 --> 03:20:38.686
Oh, thank you so much, and thank you all for listening.

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If that was your first time listening, please make sure you've liked and subscribed to us, because this is a pretty big undertaking that we go through, and we do this every Wednesday.

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We do.

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We have two more weeks of this coming up, and then we will go on a very short hiatus, but we will be coming back with another season very soon after that.

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Yes, we will.

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If you want to stay connected, you can check us out on our website, theothercastlepodcast.com.

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That's the othercastlepodcast.com.

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Over there, we also have links to our Patreon, like we've been pitching through the entire episode.

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Check it out.

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It's $2 a month, plus a seven-day free trial.

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And we just want to give some shout outs to the people that help make this show possible, as they are also subscribers to our Patreon.

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Yeah.

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So we have Chase, Alfredo, Michael, Mikhalaj, Tomas, Amber, BerserkPanda, Andrew, Damien, AJ, Paul, Omar, Aaron, Cerise, Unyouthful, Molly, Krisha, MollyMock, Jackie, Jacob, and Ellen.

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Thank you all so much.

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Your support keeps the lights on.

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It truly, truly does.

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All right, Goombas, that's everything we've got for you.

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This was such a long episode.

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I'm sure you guys need a break as much as I do.

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And if you don't want to break, pop over to Patreon, or you can hear this all over again.

03:21:48.126 --> 03:21:49.006
But bloody.

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Yes, and also come over and talk to us on the Discord, because I'm willing to talk a lot more over there.

03:21:54.166 --> 03:21:55.846
You just want to talk to someone about this.

03:21:55.906 --> 03:21:58.126
Yeah, because over there I can just type it, instead of have to fucking say it.

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There you go.

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That was fun, though.

03:22:01.486 --> 03:22:02.146
It really was.

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All right, Goombas.

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Well, this is Tom and Andrea reminding you.

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Liberate the Roombas.

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And don't skip the cutscenes.